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Frits Zernike
Full Name of the recipient | Frits Zernike |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1953 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | for his demonstration of the phase contrast method, especially for his invention of the phase contrast microscope |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Groningen University, Groningen, the Netherlands |
Place of Birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands NLD |
Date of Birth | 16 July 1888 |
Age at the time of Award | 64 years |
Place of Death | Groningen, the Netherlands NLD |
Date of Death | 10 March 1966 |