Pieter Rijke

Pieter Rijke
Born	(1812-07-11)11 July 1812 Hemmen, Gelderland
Died	7 April 1899(1899-04-07) (aged 86) Leiden
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	University of Leiden
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Leiden
Doctoral advisor	Pieter Johannes Uijlenbroek [de]
Doctoral students	Johannes Bosscha Hermanus Haga Hendrik Lorentz Johannes van der Waals

Petrus Leonardus Rijke (11 July 1812 – 7 April 1899) was a Dutch physicist, and a professor in experimental physics at the University of Leiden. Rijke spent his scientific career exploring the physics of electricity, and is known for the Rijke tube. On 1 July 1852 he married Johanna Hamaker. They had 6 sons and 6 daughters.