Michael Sturge, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMichael Sturge
Date of Birth: 25-May-1931
Date of Death: 13-Jul-2003
Profession: physicist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Michael Sturge
- Michael Dudley Sturge (25 May 1931 - 13 July 2003) was an American experimental physicist best known for his contributions to solid-state spectroscopy.
- He was born in Bristol to a family with a Quaker tradition.
- While his most influential paper is about discovery of excitons in gallium arsenide, the scope of his research covered wide field of solid-state spectroscopy, and its impact is reflected by establishment of the Sturge Prize in condensed matter spectroscopy. After accepting the editorship of the Journal of Luminescence in 1985, Sturge drastically extended its scope by transforming it into a journal covering the extensive area of the contemporary condensed matter spectroscopy. Sturge's achievements have been recognized by establishing the Sturge Prize for scientists at the initial phase of their scientific career by the International Conference on Dynamical Processes in Excited States of Solids.
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