Samuel Goudsmit

Samuel Goudsmit
Samuel Goudsmit around 1928
Born
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit

(1902-07-11)July 11, 1902
The Hague, Netherlands
DiedDecember 4, 1978(1978-12-04) (aged 76)
Alma materUniversity of Leiden (Ph.D) (1927)
Known for
Spouses
Jaantje Logher
(m. 1927; div. 1960)
    Irene Bejach
    (m. 1960)
    Children
    • Esther Marianne Goudsmit
    AwardsNational Medal of Science (1976)
    Scientific career
    FieldsPhysics
    InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
    Doctoral studentsRobert Bacher

    Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (July 11, 1902 December 4, 1978) was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhlenbeck in 1925.