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Hendrik Lorentz

1853 - 1928

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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz ( LAWR-uhnts; Dutch: [ˈɦɛndrɪk ˈɑntoːn ˈloːrɛnts]; 18 July 1853 – 4 February 1928) was a Dutch theoretical physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. He derived the Lorentz transformation of the special theory of relativity, as well as the Lorentz force, which describes the combined electric and magnetic forces acting on a charged particle in an electromagnetic field. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hendrik Lorentz is the 37th most popular physicist (down from 28th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 2nd most popular Dutch Physicist.

Hendrik Lorentz is most famous for his work in the field of electromagnetism. He is credited with the discovery of the relationship between electricity and magnetism.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Hendrik Lorentz ranks 37 out of 851. Before him are Ibn al-Haytham, Heinrich Hertz, Lawrence Bragg, Christiaan Huygens, James Clerk Maxwell, and Louis de Broglie. After him are Daniel Bernoulli, Lise Meitner, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, Charles H. Townes, Pieter Zeeman, and William Gilbert.

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Among people born in 1853, Hendrik Lorentz ranks 3. Before him are Vincent van Gogh, and Cecil Rhodes. After him are Wilhelm Ostwald, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Albrecht Kossel, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Chulalongkorn, Carl Larsson, José Martí, Aleksei Brusilov, and Vladimir Solovyov. Among people deceased in 1928, Hendrik Lorentz ranks 3. Before him are Roald Amundsen, and Thomas Hardy. After him are Wilhelm Wien, Maria Feodorovna, Leoš Janáček, Max Scheler, Édouard-Henri Avril, Emmeline Pankhurst, Theodore William Richards, Johannes Fibiger, and Franz Stuck.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hendrik Lorentz ranks 15 out of 1,646. Before him are Pope Adrian VI (1459), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Mata Hari (1876), Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), and Christiaan Huygens (1629). After him are Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), Daniel Bernoulli (1700), Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852), Hugo Grotius (1583), Pieter Zeeman (1865), and Abel Tasman (1603).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Netherlands

Among physicists born in Netherlands, Hendrik Lorentz ranks 2. Before him are Christiaan Huygens (1629). After him are Daniel Bernoulli (1700), Pieter Zeeman (1865), Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853), Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837), Peter Debye (1884), Simon van der Meer (1925), Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920), Frits Zernike (1888), Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931), and Gerard 't Hooft (1946).

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