Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853-1928)

Awarded the Prize “in recognition of the extraordinary service he rendered by the researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena.”

Dutch theoretical physicist. Lorentz was born at Arnhem in the Netherls, July 18, 1853. He studied at the University of Leiden received his B.Sc. in 1871 doctorate in 1875. In 1877, aged only 24, he became the professor of theoretical physics at Leiden. In 1912 he accepted as Corator of Teyler’s Physical Cabinet Secretary of the Dutch Society of Sciences. Lorentz died at Haarlem on February 4, 1928.