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20th-century Dutch physicists

  • Wander Johannes de HaasWander Johannes de Haas was born on the 2nd of March 1878 in Lisse. This small town sits near Leiden in the Netherlands.
  • Geertruida de Haas-LorentzGeertruida Luberta Lorentz entered the world on the 20th of October 1885 in Leiden, Netherlands. Her father was Hendrik Lorentz, a physicist who would later…
  • Hendrik LorentzHendrik Antoon Lorentz entered the world on the 18th of July 1853 in Arnhem, Netherlands. He was born to Gerrit Frederik Lorentz and Geertruida van Ginkel.
  • Peter DebyePeter Joseph William Debye was born on the 24th of March 1884 in Maastricht, Netherlands. He enrolled at Aachen University of Technology in 1901 to study…