Pieter Zeeman Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Pieter Zeeman, based on 2 World History Database records associated with Netherlands.

2 records1896–19022 events2 places

Chronological biography

1896

Zeeman Effect and Charged Oscillators1896

Science / Physics · Physicist · Leiden

Finds that magnetic fields split spectral lines, providing evidence for charged particles participating in atomic radiation.

1902

Nobel Prize in Physics10 December 1902

Science / Physics · Physicist · Stockholm

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the effect of magnetism on light spectra.

Titles and roles

Physicist

Record provenance

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