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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectI. M. Frank
Dates
October 23, 1908 – June 22, 1990
Authorized Form of Name
Frank, I. M. (Il'i︠a︡ Mikhaĭlovich), 1908-1990
Additional Forms of Names
Frank, I. M. (Il'ja Michajlovič), 1908-
Frank, Il'â Mihajlovič, 1908-1990
Frank, Il'i︠a︡ Mikhaĭlovich, 1908-1990
Frank, Il'ja M., 1908-1990
Франк, И. М. (Илья Михайлович), 1908-1990
Франк, Илья Михайлович, 1908-1990
Biography
Abstract
Ilya M. Frank was a electromagnetism physicist at the University of Moscow. He was awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pavel A. Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect."
Important Dates
October 23, 1908Birth, Saint Petersburg (Russia).
1930Obtained BSc in Physics, Moscow State University (Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova), Moscow (Russia).
1931Senior Scientific Officer, State Optical Institute, Leningrad, Saint Petersburg (Russia).
1934 – 1970Scientific Officer, P.N. Lebedev Institute, Moscow State University (Fizicheskiĭ institut imeni P.N. Lebedeva, Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova), Moscow (Russia).
1935Obtained Doctorate of Physico-Mathematics Sciences, Moscow State University (Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova), Moscow (Russia).
1940 – 1956Lecturer and Researcher (1940-1946) and Head (1946-1956), Laboratory of Radioactive Radiation of the Research Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow (Russia).
1944Professor, Moscow State University (Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova), Moscow (Russia).
1946Awarded the Stalin Prize.
1946 – 1968Corresponding Member (1946) and Full Member (1968), U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences (Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR), Moscow (Russia).
1946 – 1970Founder and Director of the Laboratory of Atomic Nucleus, Physics Institute, U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences (Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR), Moscow (Russia).
1957 – 1988Director, Neutron Laboratory of the Joint Institute of Nuclear Investigations, Moscow (Russia).
1958Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with Pavel A. Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect".
1971Awarded USSR State Prize.
1990Emeritus Professor, Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Moscow State University (Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova), Moscow (Russia).
June 22, 1990Death, Moscow (Russia).
Occupation
Electromagnetic physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Frank, Ella Abramovna Beilikhis
Wife.
Frank, Mikhail Lyudvigovic
Father.
Frank, Yelizaveta Mikhailovna Gratsianova
Mother.
Advisors & Collaborators
Awarded 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics with Frank and Tamm "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect".
Tamm, I. E. (Igor' Evgen'evich), 1895-1971
Awarded 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics with Cherenkov and Frank "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect".
Vavilov, S. I. (Sergeĭ Ivanovich), 1891-1951
PhD advisor at Moscow State University (Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova).
Additional
Ginzburg, V. L. (Vitaliĭ Lazarevich), 1916-2009
Kurchatov, I. V. (Igorʹ Vasilʹevich), 1903-1960
Institutions
Major Positions
Fizicheskiĭ institut imeni P.N. Lebedeva
Scientific Officer.
Moskovskii gosudarstvennyi universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova. Fizika
Obtained BSc in Physics (1930) and Doctorate of Physico-Mathematics Sciences (1935). Lecturer and Researcher; Professor; Head, Laboratory of Radioactive Radiation of the Research Institute of Nuclear Physics; and Emeritus Director.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Akademiia nauk SSSR
Corresponding Member; Full Member; and Founder and Director of the Laboratory of Atomic Nucleus.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Banquet addresses and conference sessions [sound recording]
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Russian Academy of Sciences P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute records, 1933-1980.
Archive
Russian Academy of Sciences
ul. Novocheremushkinskaia, 34, Moscow, 117218, Russia
S. I. Vavilov papers, 1913-1951.
Archive
Russian Academy of Sciences
ul. Novocheremushkinskaia, 34, Moscow, 117218, Russia
Published Resources
Author
Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov: ocherki i vospominaniia/ (ed.) I. M. Frank; Izd. 3-e.