Foundation of the International Solvay Institute for Physics
On 4 January 1912, Hendrik Lorentz proposed a plan to create an International Institute for Physics. It provides for the creation of two managing committees: an International Scientific Committee and a Local Administrative Committee.
Ernest Solvay approves the plan but nevertheless consults his associates. One of them, Georges Hostelet, observes that Hendrik Lorentz’s project strips the founder of the right to take initiatives and does not provide for the regular organization of Conferences.
