Pieter Rijke

Pieter Rijke
P.L. Rijke (Coll. Leiden University)
Born(1812-07-11)11 July 1812
Died7 April 1899(1899-04-07) (aged 86)
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Leiden
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Leiden
Doctoral advisorPieter Johannes Uijlenbroek
Doctoral studentsJohannes 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.


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