Pieter Zeeman | |
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![]() Zeeman, c. 1920 | |
Born | Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Netherlands | 25 May 1865
Died | 9 October 1943 Amsterdam, Netherlands | (aged 78)
Alma mater | University of Leiden (doctorate, 1893) |
Known for | Discovering the Zeeman effect (1896) |
Spouse |
Johanna Elisabeth Lebret
(m. 1895) |
Children | 4 |
Awards |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Amsterdam (1896–1935) |
Doctoral advisor | Heike Kamerlingh Onnes |
Other academic advisors | Hendrik Lorentz |
Pieter Zeeman (/ˈzeɪmən/, ZAY-mən; Dutch: [ˈpitər ˈzeːmɑn]; 25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery of the Zeeman effect.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
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