Born: 16-Jul-1888
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: 10-Mar-1966
Location of death: Groningen, Netherlands
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist

Nationality: Netherlands
Executive summary: Phase-contrast microscope

Father: Carl Frederick August Zernike (teacher)
Mother: Antje Dieperink (teacher)
Wife: Dora van Bommel van Vloten (d. 1944, one son)
Wife: L. Koperberg-Baanders (m. 1954)

    University: PhD, University of Amsterdam (1915)
    Professor: University of Groningen (1913-58)

    Nobel Prize for Physics 1953
    Rumford Medal 1952

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