Hendrik Antoon Lorentz ( 18 July 1853 â `` 4 February 1928 ) was a Dutch physicist and mathematician . In 1902 , he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics together with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect . Hendrik Antoon Lorentz ( 18 July 1853 â `` 4 February 1928 ) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect .