Editing Hendrik Lorentz (section)

==Death==
[[File:1928 Uitvaart en begrafenis van dr. H.A. Lorentz te Haarlem — NL-HaNA 2.24.05.02 0 023-0407 1.jpg|thumb|Funeral procession for Lorentz in Haarlem]]
In January 1928, Lorentz became seriously ill, and died shortly after on 4 February.<ref name="NtvN2011"/> The respect in which he was held in the Netherlands is apparent from [[Owen Willans Richardson]]'s description of his funeral:

{{Blockquote|text=The funeral took place at Haarlem at noon on Friday, February 10. At the stroke of twelve the State telegraph and telephone services of Holland were suspended for three minutes as a revered tribute to the greatest man the Netherlands has produced in our time. It was attended by many colleagues and distinguished physicists from foreign countries. The President, [[Ernest Rutherford|Sir Ernest Rutherford]], represented the Royal Society and made an appreciative oration by the graveside. |author=O. W.  Richardson<ref name=richardson/>}}

Unique 1928 film footage of the funeral procession with a lead carriage followed by ten mourners, followed by a carriage with the coffin, followed in turn by at least four more carriages, passing by a crowd at the [[Grote Markt, Haarlem]], from the Zijlstraat to the Smedestraat, and then back again through the Grote Houtstraat towards the Barteljorisstraat, on the way to the "Algemene Begraafplaats" at the Kleverlaan (northern Haarlem cemetery), has been digitized on [[YouTube]].<ref >{{YouTube|H2VtrJD0xJk|Funeral procession}} Hendrik Lorentz</ref> Amongst others, the funeral was attended by [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Marie Curie]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Treffende begrafenis van Lorentz |trans-title=Striking funeral of Lorentz |language=nl |url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110565430:mpeg21:p005 |newspaper=[[De Telegraaf]] |location=Haarlem |date=9 February 1928 |quote=''Mme. Curie uit Parijs; ... prof. dr. A. Einstein uit Berlijn;''}}</ref>