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 materLeiden University (PhD)
Known forZeeman effect (1896)
Spouse
Johanna Elisabeth Lebret
(m. 1895)
Children4
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
ThesisHet vershijnsel van Kerr bij polaire terugkaatsing op ijzer, kobalt en nikkel, in ’t bijzonder oyer Sissingh’s magneto-optisch phaseverschil (1893)
Doctoral advisorHeike Kamerlingh Onnes
Other academic advisorsHendrik Lorentz

Pieter Zeeman (/ˈzmən/ 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.