Hendrik Lorentz Professions : Physicist Born : July 18, 1853 Died : February 4, 1928 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Hendrik Lorentz I cannot but regard the ether, which can be the seat of an electromagnetic field with its energy and its vibrations, as endowed with a certain degree of substantiality, however different it may be from all ordinary matter. Hendrik Lorentz words-of-wisdom energy ordinary Similar Authors Gabriel Lippmann physicist Burton Richter physicist Bruno Rossi physicist Bruce Maccabee physicist Brian Cox physicist Allan McLeod Cormack physicist All Authors