Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Pieter Zeeman across 5 places, from 1865 to 1943.
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Pieter Zeeman (25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch experimental physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Pieter Zeeman was documented, and when
25 May 1865exact date
Zonnemaireattested“Pieter Zeeman was born on 25 May 1865 in Zonnemaire, Netherlands, the son of the Reverend Catharinus Forandinus Zeeman, a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and Willemina Worst.”source: Wikipedia: Pieter Zeeman
1883year
Zonnemaireattested“The editor praised "the careful observations of Professor Zeeman from his observatory in Zonnemaire." After finishing high school in 1883, Zeeman went to Delft for supplementary education in classical languages, then a requirement for ad…”source: Wikipedia: Pieter Zeeman
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Delftattested“The editor praised "the careful observations of Professor Zeeman from his observatory in Zonnemaire." After finishing high school in 1883, Zeeman went to Delft for supplementary education in classical languages, then a requirement for ad…”source: Wikipedia: Pieter Zeeman
1885year
Leidenattested“After passing the qualification exams in 1885, Zeeman entered Leiden University to study physics under Kamerlingh Onnes and Hendrik Lorentz.”source: Wikipedia: Pieter Zeeman
9 October 1943exact date
Amsterdamattested“Zeeman died on 9 October 1943 in Amsterdam at the age of 78, and was buried in Haarlem.”source: Wikipedia: Pieter Zeeman
9 October 1943exact date
Haarlemattested“Zeeman died on 9 October 1943 in Amsterdam at the age of 78, and was buried in Haarlem.”source: Wikipedia: Pieter Zeeman
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1883year
Zierikzeementioned“In 1883, the aurora borealis happened to be visible in the Netherlands; Zeeman, then a student at the high school in Zierikzee, made a drawing and description of the phenomenon and submitted it to Nature, where it was published.”source: Wikipedia: Pieter Zeeman
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Netherlandsmentioned“In 1883, the aurora borealis happened to be visible in the Netherlands; Zeeman, then a student at the high school in Zierikzee, made a drawing and description of the phenomenon and submitted it to Nature, where it was published.”source: Wikipedia: Pieter Zeeman
1895year
Leidenmentioned“In 1895, he returned to Leiden to become a Privatdozent in mathematics and physics.”source: Wikipedia: Pieter Zeeman
1896year
Amsterdammentioned“In 1896, shortly before moving from Leiden to Amsterdam, Zeeman measured the splitting of spectral lines by a strong magnetic field, a discovery now known as the Zeeman effect.”source: Wikipedia: Pieter Zeeman
1896year
Leidenmentioned“In 1896, shortly before moving from Leiden to Amsterdam, Zeeman measured the splitting of spectral lines by a strong magnetic field, a discovery now known as the Zeeman effect.”source: Wikipedia: Pieter Zeeman
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