# Pieter Hendrik van Cittert

> Pieter Hendrik van Cittert was a Dutch physicist and science historian. He is known for proving the van Cittert–Zernike theorem about the coherence of electromagnetic radiation in 1934. He also founded the University Museum in Utrecht.

*Dutch physicist (1889-1959)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1889-05-30
- **Died:** 1959-10-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

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