Wilhelm Röntgen
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 102 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 27,1845 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Lennep |
| Remscheid | |
| Germany | |
| Date of died | February 10,1923 |
| Died | Munich |
| Germany | |
| Spouse | Anna Bertha Ludwig |
| Known for | Discovery of X-rays |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Rumford Medal | |
| Elliott Cresson Medal | |
| Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science | |
| Matteucci Medal | |
| Nationality | German |
| Children | Josephine Bertha Ludwig |
| Parents | Charlotta Contanza Frowein |
| Friedrich Conrad Röntgen | |
| Place of burial | Friedhof Gießen (Alter), Giessen, Germany |
| Full name | Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen |
| Education | University of Zurich |
| ETH Zürich | |
| Institute of Martinus Herman van Doorn | |
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| ID | 414635 |
Wilhelm Röntgen Life story
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German mechanical engineer and physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.