Pieter Hendrik van Cittert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pieter Hendrik van Cittert

Dutch physicist

Date of Birth: 30-May-1889

Place of Birth: Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 08-Oct-1959

Profession: physicist, curator

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Pieter Hendrik van Cittert (30 May 1889, Gouda – 8 October 1959, Utrecht) was a Dutch physicist and science historian.
He was born in Gouda, Netherlands, to Benjamin Pieter van Cittert and Petronella Antonia Huber, and died on October 8, 1959, in Utrecht.
His achievements include proving the Van Cittert–Zernike theorem about the coherence of radiation and founding the University Museum in Utrecht.