Anatole Abragam (15 December 1914 – 8 June 2011)[1][2] was a French physicist who wrote The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism[3] and made significant contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance.
[4] Originally from Griva, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire, Abragam and his family emigrated to France in 1925.
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.
Abragam was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1974.
[5] A building in CEA Saclay is named after him; Bâtiment Anatole Abragam.