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Dutch Nobel laureates

  • 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.
  • Joel MokyrJoel Mokyr was born in Leiden, Netherlands, on the 26th of July 1946. His family were Dutch Jews who had survived the Holocaust before his birth.
  • 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…