According to the biography published by the Nobel Foundation, "It may well be said that Lorentz was regarded by all theoretical physicists as the world's leading spirit, who completed what was left unfinished by his predecessors and prepared the ground for the fruitful reception of the new ideas based on the quantum theory."Hendrik A. Lorentz – Biographical, Nobelprize.org (retrieved: 4 November 2015) He received many other honours and distinctions, including a term as chairman of the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation, the forerunner of UNESCO, between 1925 and 1928. He was the father and doctoral advisor of Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz.
According to the biography published by the Nobel Foundation, "It may wel,l be said that Lorentz was regarded by all theoretical physicists as the world's leading spirit, who completed what was left unfinished by his predecessors and prepared the ground for the fruitful reception of the new ideas based on the quantum theory."Hendrik A. Lorentz – Biographical, Nobelprize.org (retrieved: 4 November 2015) He received many other honours and distinctions, including a term as chairman of the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation, the forerunner of UNESCO between 1925 and 1928. He was the father and doctoral advisor of Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz.