Pieter Zeeman, a Dutch physicist and 1902 Nobel laureate, discoverer of the Zeeman effect
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Zeeman effect, the splitting of a spectral line into several components in the presence of a static magnetic field
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Reinier Nooms (aka "Zeeman"), a Dutch painter, etcher and engraver
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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.
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Pieter Zeeman was born in Zonnemaire, a small town on the island of Schouwen-Duiveland, Netherlands, to Catharinus Forandinus Zeeman, a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and Willemina Worst.
Richard translates to "strong ruler" or "brave leader," while Alaric is Germanic for "everybody's ruler." Richard's surname does not appear to have any obvious significance, as "Zeeman" is a Dutch surname meaning a sailor or a person who lives near a body of water.