Hendrik Antoon
Lorentz
Born in Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Aletta Catharina Kaiser
— married
15 Jul 1881 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Descendants 
Father of
Geertruida Luberta Lorentz, Johanna Wilhelmina Lorentz, Gerrit Frederik Lorentz and Rudolf Lorentz
Died
at age 74
in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Profile last modified
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Biography
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz is Notable.
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz was awarded the Nobel Prize.
Lorentz was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. He also derived the transformation equations underpinning Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity.
Field: atomic physics, quantum physics
He was the son of Gerrit Frederik Lorentz and Geertruida van Ginkel[1]
He was buried at the Kleverlaan Cemetery in Haarlem in the same grave as his wive.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Marriage of parents in 1852
- ↑ Graf van Hendrik Antoon Lorentz en Aletta Catharina Lorentz-Kaiser, Find A Grave: Memorial #92172637
- Nobelprize facts
- Birth 1853
- Marriage 1881
- Death 1928
- Wikidata: Item Q41688, nl:Wikipedia
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