Later Years
In 1898 Zeeman was elected to membership of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam, and he served as its secretary from 1912 to 1920. He won the Henry Draper Medal in 1921, and several other awards and Honorary degrees. Zeeman was also elected a foreign member of the Royal Society in 1921. He retired as a professor in 1935.
Zeeman died on 9 October 1943 in Amsterdam, and was buried in Haarlem.
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