Pieter Zeeman

Pieter Zeeman
Pieter Zeeman
	Zeeman c. 1920
Born	25 May 1865; Zonnemaire, Netherlands
Died	9 October 1943 (aged 78); Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Leiden
Known for	Zeeman effect
Spouse	Johanna Elisabeth Lebret (m. 1895⁠–⁠1943)
Awards	Nobel Prize for Physics (1902); Matteucci Medal (1912); Henry Draper Medal (1921); ForMemRS (1921); Rumford Medal (1922); Franklin Medal (1925);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Amsterdam
Doctoral advisor	Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Pieter Zeeman (Dutch: [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.

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