Gregory Breit

Gregory Breit
Gregory Breit
Григорій Брейт
	Photograph of Gregory Breit
Born	Gregory Alfredovich Breit-Schneider; July 14, 1899; Mykolaiv, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Mykolaiv, Ukraine)
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
Doctoral students	Hubert Mack Thaxton; Charles Kittel;

Gregory Breit (Ukrainian: Григорій Альфредович Брейт-Шнайдер, Russian: Григорий Альфредович Брейт-Шнайдер, romanized: Grigory Alfredovich Breit-Shneider; July 14, 1899 – September 13, 1981) was an American physicist born in Mykolaiv, Russian Empire (now Mykolaiv, Ukraine). He was a 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.