Pieter Zeeman

Pieter Zeeman
Pieter Zeeman
	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
Spouse	Johanna Lebret (m. 1895)
Children	4
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1902); Matteucci Medal (1912); Henry Draper Medal (1921); Rumford Medal (1922); Franklin Medal (1925);
	Scientific career
Fields	Magnetism; optics;
Institutions	Leiden University ; (1895–1896); University of Amsterdam (1896–1935);
Thesis	Metingen over het verschijnsel van Kerr bij polaire terugkaatsing op ijzer, kobalt en nikkel, in ’t bijzonder over Sissingh’s magneto-optisch phaseverschil (1893)
Doctoral advisor	Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Other academic advisors	Hendrik Lorentz
Doctoral students	Cornelis Bakker (1931)

Pieter Zeeman (25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch experimental physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.