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Hendrik Lorentz

was born 171 years ago

18 July 1853

Hendrik Lorentz is best known for his work on electromagnetic radiation and the FitzGerald-Lorentz contraction. He developed the mathematical theory of the electron.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Lorentz/