Zeeman, Pieter, 1865-1943
Pieter Zeeman papers, 1877-1946.
Collection contains correspondence, notebooks, diaries, manuscripts, financial materials, reprints, photographs, etc. documenting Zeeman's personal life (as a child and adult), education, and professional activities. There is material concerning his teaching and administration at the University of Amsterdam, his position as secretary of the Koninklijke Akademie, and also documents relating to Zeeman's research; topics include the Kerr-effect, propogation of electrical waves, magnetic resolution of spectral lines, the Fizeau experiment, atomic structure and nuclear physics. Also includes information on Zeeman's scientific lectures and participation in congresses; professional affiliations; consulting and advising; and awards and honors. Major correspondents on professional subjects (15 or more letters) include: C. U. Arin︠s Kappers, E. Back, C. J. Bakker, Jean Becquerel, W. H. Bragg, L. E. J. Brouwer, T. L. de Bruin, H. Burger, F. Coeterier, E. J. Cohen, Emil Cohn, D. Coster, O. M. Corbino, A. Cotton, C. A. Crommelin, H. Du Bois, Ehrenfest, Paul, F. Ehrenhaft, Everdingen, E. van, A. D. Fokker, A. Fowler, J. Geest, J. W. Giltay, J. H. Gisolf, C. J. Gorter, Samuel A. Goudsmit, I. M. Graftdijk, W. J. de Haas, G. L. de Haas-Lorentz, George E. Hale, J. J. Hallo, F. M. Jaeger, W. H. Julius, H. Kamerlingh Onnes, W. H. Keesom, Ph. Kohnstamm, Heinrich Konen, D. J. Korteweg, H. A. Kramers, J. P. Kuenen. J. J. van Laar, Max von Laue, Ph. Lenard, O. Lodge, T. van Lohuizen, H. A. Lorentz, J. C. McLennan, Emile Mathias, W. F. Meggers, Charles Menges, G. Mittag-Leffler, M. Planck, Lord Rayleigh, A. J. Rutgers, E. Rutherford, H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen, J. H. Scholte, A. E. Segre, Sommerfeld, J. Stark, J. J. Thomson, J. E. Verschaffelt, Woldemar Voigt, J. D. van der Waals, J. D. van der Waals jr., Pierre Weiss, H. R. Woltjer, and J. van der Zwaal. There is also material from Zeeman's parents, C. F. Zeeman and W. Zeeman-Worst; his wife J. E. Zeeman-Lebret; and his daughter Willemina Zeeman.
Physicist (spectroscopy, optics (Zeeman effect)) and administrator. On the physics faculty at Riksuniversiteit te Leiden (1890-1900); and Universiteit van Amsterdam (1900-1935), director of the Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Amsterdam (1908-1935). Nobel Prize for physics (1902).
Back, E. (Ernst), 1881-
Becquerel, Jean, 1878-
Bragg, William Henry, 1862-1942
Brouwer, L. E. J. (Luitzen Egbertus Jan), 1881-1966.
Burger, H.
Cohn, Emil, 1881-1948.
Coster, Dirk, 1889-1950.
Cotton, Aim ̌Auguste, 1869-1951
Corbino, O. M. (Orso Mario) 1876-
Crommelin, Claude August, 1878-
Ehrenfest, Paul, 1880-1933
Everdingen, E. van (Ewoud), b. 1873.
Fokker, A. D. (Adriaan Danil︠), 1887-1972.
Fowler, A. (Alfred), 1868-1940
Giltay, J. W.
Gorter, C. J. (Cornelis Jacobus), 1907-
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Haas-Lorentz, Geertruida Luberta de.
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
Jaeger, F. M. (Francis Mauritius), b. 1877.
Kamerlingh Onnes, Heike, 1853-1926
Keesom, W. H. (Willem Hendrik), b. 1876.
Kohnstamm, Philipp, 1875-1951.
Kramers, Hendrik Anthony, 1894-1952
Kuenen, J. P. (Johannes Petrus), 1866-1922.
Laar, J. J. van (Johannes Jacobus), 1860-1938.
Laue, Max von, 1879-1960
Lenard, Philipp, 1862-1947
Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940
Lohuizen, Th. K. van, 1890-1956.
Lorentz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928
Mathias, E. (Emile), b. 1861.
McLennan, J. C. (John Cunningham), 1867-1935.
Meggers, William F. (William Frederick), 1888-1966
Mittag-Leffler, Magnus Gustaf, 1846-1927.
Planck, Max, 1858-1947.
Rayleigh, Robert John Strutt, Baron, 1875-1947
Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937
Sande Bakhuyzen, H. G. van de (Hendricus Gerardus), 1838-1923.
Segr,̈ Emilio
Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951
Stark, Johannes, 1874-1957
Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940
Waals, J. D. van der (Johannes Diderik), 1837-1923
Weiss, Pierre, 1865-1940.
Woldemar, Voigt, 1850-1919.
Zeeman, Pieter, 1865-1943
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen.
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Atomic structure.
Electric waves.
Kerr effect.
Nuclear physics
Physics -- Study and teaching
Spectrum analysis
Zeeman effect.
Physicists -- Netherlands. lcsh
Spectrum analysis.
Arin︠s Kappers, C. U.
Bakker, C. J.
de Bruin, Taco L.
Coeterier, F.
Cohen, E. J.
du Bois, H.
Ehrenhaft, Felix, 1879-1952
Geest, J.
Gisolf, J. H.
Graftdijk, I. M.
Haas, Wander Johannes de, 1878-1960
Hallo, J. J.
Julius. W. H.
Konen, Heinrich Mathias, 1874-1949
Korteweg, D.
Menges, Charles.
Rutgers, A. J.
Scholte, J. H.
Verschaffelt, J. E.
Woltjer, H. R.
Zeeman family.
Zwaal, J. van der
AIP-ICOS
Rijksarchief in Noord-Holland. Kleine Houtweg 18, Haarlem, Netherlands