10 moments

1. Birth in the Atherton Tableland

   1916-07-11 · Gadgarra, Queensland, Australia

   Prokhorov was born to Russian emigrant parents in the Gadgarra district of Queensland, in the Atherton Tableland region. Coordinates are a representative point for the Gadgarra district; the source distinguishes the family's farm area from the administrative locality of Peeramon.

2. Physics student at Leningrad State University

   1934-01-01 · Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

   He began his physics education at Leningrad State University, a formative period before his move into Moscow research. The source supports study from 1934 through 1939; the card date marks its documented beginning.

3. Move to the Lebedev Physical Institute

   1939-01-01 · Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia

   

   After graduating with honors, Prokhorov moved to Moscow to work at the Lebedev Physical Institute's oscillations laboratory, beginning his principal institutional association.

4. Postgraduate work after demobilization

   1944-01-01 · Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia

   

   Following demobilization after serious wartime injuries, Prokhorov resumed postgraduate scientific work at the Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow. FIAN is the P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute; coordinates identify its Moscow site.

5. Royal Society scientific meeting

   1955-01-01 · Oxford, England, United Kingdom

   Prokhorov attended a Royal Society scientific meeting and presented work on producing a maser, an early international encounter with Charles H. Townes. The specific Oxford meeting venue is not identified; coordinates represent central Oxford.

6. Visit to Columbia University

   1959-01-01 · Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States

   On his first trip to the United States for the Quantum Electronics Conference, Prokhorov also visited Townes's New York home and Columbia University laboratory.

7. Arrival for the Nobel Prize week

   1964-12-04 · Stockholm, Sweden

   

   Prokhorov arrived in Stockholm with the other Nobel laureates and their spouses for the 1964 Nobel Prize events. The quoted Russian caption identifies A. M. Prokhorov among the arrivals in Stockholm.

8. Lecture at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

   1968-07-02 · Lindau, Bavaria, West Germany

   Prokhorov delivered his lecture, “Some Aspects of Quantum Electronics,” at the 18th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Coordinates represent central Lindau; the program page identifies the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting rather than a specific lecture room.

9. Optical-fiber work inspection

   1974-01-01 · Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod), Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

   Prokhorov made repeated on-site visits to Gorky to follow work on optical-fiber technology during its early development. The source does not date individual visits more precisely than 1974.

10. Death in Moscow

    2002-01-08 · Moscow, Russia

    Prokhorov died in Moscow at age 85, ending a career centered largely in the city's scientific institutions. Coordinates represent central Moscow because the source does not identify the specific place of death.