Pieter Zeeman
Pieter Zeeman | |
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Zeeman, c. 1920 | |
| Born | 25 May 1865 Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Netherlands |
| Died | 9 October 1943 (aged 78) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Leiden University (PhD) |
| Known for | Zeeman effect (1896) |
| Spouse |
Johanna Elisabeth Lebret
(m. 1895) |
| Children | 4 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
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| Thesis | Het vershijnsel van Kerr bij polaire terugkaatsing op ijzer, kobalt en nikkel, in ’t bijzonder oyer Sissingh’s magneto-optisch phaseverschil (1893) |
| Doctoral advisor | Heike Kamerlingh Onnes |
| Other academic advisors | Hendrik Lorentz |
Pieter Zeeman (/ˈzeɪmən/ ZEY-mahn; Dutch: [ˈzeːmɑn] ⓘ; 25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.