Albert Crewe

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Albert V. Crewe (b. January 6, 1927) is a British born American physicist. He is the son of Audrey and Albert Crewe.

[edit] Albert's Life

Albert was born as an only child in a fairly wealthy house in Liverpool. At age 5, Albert attended a private boys school and graduated with top honors.

Albert attended Liverpool University and graduated with a degree in engineering. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois to aid a friend in the construction of the cyclotronic particle accelerator.

[edit] Achievements

Crewe developed the first modern scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), demonstrating the ability to image individual atoms, and produced several magnetic lenses for electron microscopes.

He became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1972

He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago[1].