Pieter Zeeman

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Pieter Zeeman
Born25 Mey 1865(1865-05-25)
Zonnemaire, Netherlands
Dee'd9 October 1943(1943-10-09) (aged 78)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NaitionalityNetherlands
Alma materVarsity o Leiden
Kent forZeeman effect
Hauf-marrae(s)Johanna Elisabeth Lebret (m. 1895–1943)
AwairdsNobel Prize for Physics (1902)
Matteucci Medal (1912)
Henry Draper Medal (1921)
Rumford Medal (1922)
Franklin Medal (1925)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Doctoral advisorHeike Kamerlingh Onnes

Pieter Zeeman (Dutch: [ˈzeːmɑn]; 25 Mey 1865 – 9 October 1943) wis a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics wi Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery o the Zeeman effect.