Gregory Breit

Gregory Breit
Gregory Breit
Григорий Альфредович Брейт-Шнайдер
	Photograph of Gregory Breit
Born	Gregory Alfredovich Breit-Schneider; June 14, 1899; Mykolaiv, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	September 13, 1981 (aged 82); Salem, Oregon, US
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins University
Known for	Relativistic Breit–Wigner distribution; Breit equation; Breit frame; Breit–Rabi formula; Breit–Wheeler process; Zitterbewegung;
Awards	Franklin Medal (1964); National Medal of Science (1967); Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics (1969)
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Leiden University; University of Minnesota; New York University; University of Wisconsin; Yale University;
Doctoral advisor	Joseph S. Ames
Notable students	Hubert Mack Thaxton

Gregory Breit (Russian: Григорий Альфредович Брейт-Шнайдер, romanized: Grigory Alfredovich Breit-Shneider; July 14, 1899 – September 13, 1981) was a Russian-born Jewish–American physicist and professor at New York University (1929–1934), University of Wisconsin–Madison (1934–1947), Yale University (1947–1968), and University at Buffalo (1968–1973). In 1921, he was Paul Ehrenfest's assistant in Leiden University.

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