In 1902, Hendrik Lorentz won the Physics Noble Prize.
Date of Birth: 18 July 1853.
Died: 4 February 1928.
Nationality: Dutch.
Education: University of Leiden.
Known as: Lorentz contraction, Lorentz covariance, Lorentz ether theory, Lorentz factor, Lorentz force, Lorentz reciprocity, Lorentz rule, Lorentz oscillator model, Lorentzian metric, Lorentz transformation, Abraham–Lorentz force, Cauchy–Lorentz distribution, Drude–Lorentz model, Lorentz–Lorenz equation, Rayleigh–Lorentz pendulum, Stokeslet, Theory of EM radiation.
Awards: Nobel Prize for Physics (1902), ForMemRS (1905), Rumford Medal (1908), Franklin Medal (1917), Copley Medal (1918).
Fields: Physics.
