Pieter Zeeman
Pieter Zeeman Born (1865-05-25)25 May 1865 Zonnemaire, Netherlands Died 9 October 1943(1943-10-09) (aged 78) Amsterdam, Netherlands Nationality Netherlands Fields Physics Alma mater University of Leiden Doctoral advisor Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Known for Zeeman effect Notable awards Nobel Prize for Physics (1902) Matteucci Medal (1912) Henry Draper Medal (1921) Rumford Medal (1922) Franklin Medal (1925) Spouse Johanna Elisabeth Lebret (m. 1895–1943) 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.