Anatole Abragam

Anatole Abragam (15 December 1914 – 8 June 2011) was a French physicist who wrote The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism and made significant contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance. Originally from Griva, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire, Abragam and his family emigrated to France in 1925.

Education
After being educated at the University of Paris, (1933–1936), he served in the Second World War. After the war, he resumed his studies at the École Supérieure d'Électricité and subsequently obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 1950 under the supervision of Maurice Pryce.

Career and research
In 1976, he was made an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford, and Jesus College, Oxford. From 1960 to 1985, he worked as a professor at the Collège de France.

Awards and honors
Abragam won the Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize in 1958. Abragam was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1974. He was awarded the Lorentz Medal in 1982. He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1983.

A building in CEA Saclay is named after him; Bâtiment Anatole Abragam.

Publications

 * Abragam A & Bleaney B. Electron paramagnetic resonance of transition ions. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1970.
 * Abragam A & Bleaney B. Electron paramagnetic resonance of transition ions. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1970.