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Pieter Zeeman

Pieter Zeeman
Zeeman, c. 1920
Born(1865-05-25)25 May 1865
Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Netherlands
Died9 October 1943(1943-10-09) (aged 78)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Leiden (doctorate, 1893)
Known forDiscovering the Zeeman effect (1896)
Spouse
Johanna Elisabeth Lebret
(m. 1895)
Children4
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Amsterdam (1896–1935)
Doctoral advisorHeike Kamerlingh Onnes
Other academic advisorsHendrik Lorentz

Pieter Zeeman (/ˈzmən/, 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]

  1. ^ "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference frs2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Zeeman, P. (1897). "The Effect of Magnetisation on the Nature of Light Emitted by a Substance". Nature. 55 (1424): 347. Bibcode:1897Natur..55..347Z. doi:10.1038/055347a0.
  4. ^ "The Influence of a Magnetic Field on Radiation Frequency". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 60 (359–367): 513–514. 1896. doi:10.1098/rspl.1896.0079.
  5. ^ "The Influence of a Magnetic Field on Radiation Frequency". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 60 (359–367): 514–515. 1896. doi:10.1098/rspl.1896.0080.
  6. ^ Zeeman, P (1914). "Fresnel's coefficient for light of different colours. (First part)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Art and Sciences, Proceedings. 17 (I): 445–451. Bibcode:1914KNAB...17..445Z. Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2006-10-05.
  7. ^ Zeeman, P (1915). "Fresnel's coefficient for light of different colours. (Second part)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Art and Sciences, Proceedings. 18 (I): 398–408. Bibcode:1915KNAB...18..398Z. Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2006-10-05.

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