Frits Zernike
Dutch physicist
Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope. Wikipedia
Born: July 16, 1888, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: March 10, 1966 (age 77 years), Amersfoort, Netherlands
Children: Frits Zernike Jr.
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics and Rumford Medal
Partner: Lena Koperberg-Baanders (1954–) and Lena Koperberg-Baanders
Known for: Phase-contrast microscopy; Zernike polynomials; Ornstein–Zernike equation; Van Cittert–Zernike theorem