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Hendrik Lorentz

Also known as Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, H.Lorentz, H.A. Lorentz, H. A. Lorentz, Lorentz

Dutch physicist (1853–1928)

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Hendrik A. Lorentz was born on 1853-07-18 and died on 1928-02-04. He received one Nobel Prize.

His work is recognized in several collections. These include the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Physics collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the Copley Medal collection.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics1902
“in recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena”
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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Place of birth: Arnhem
Place of death: Haarlem
Occupation: curator
Educated at: Leiden University
Employer: Teylers Museum
Languages spoken: Dutch
Native language: Dutch
Notable work: Lorentz–Heaviside units
Doctoral advisor: Pieter Rijke
Field of work: theoretical physics
Image: LorentzKamerlinghOnnes1916 (cropped).jpg
Work location: Leiden

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member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
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date of birth: 1853-07-18
date of death: 1928-02-04
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birth name: Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physics
name in native language: Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
different from: Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz
Commons Creator page: Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
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Encyclopedic overview

Lorentz' theory of electrons. Formulas for the Lorentz force (I) and the Maxwell equations for the divergence of the electrical field E (II) and the magnetic field B (III), La théorie electromagnétique de Maxwell et son application aux corps mouvants, 1892, p. 451. V is the velocity of light. Lorentz' theory of electrons. Formulas for the curl of the magnetic field (IV) and the electrical field E (V), La théorie electromagnétique de Maxwell et son application aux corps mouvants, 1892, p. 452

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (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 force acting on a charged particle in an electromagnetic field. He was also responsible for the Lorentz oscillator model, a classical model used to describe the anomalous dispersion observed in dielectric materials when the driving frequency of the electric field was near the resonant frequency of the material, resulting in abnormal refractive indices.

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