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.


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