Wilhelm Röntgen

Wilhelm Röntgen
Wilhelm Röntgen
	Röntgen in 1900
Born	Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen; 27 March 1845; Lennep, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Died	10 February 1923 (aged 77); Munich, Bavaria, ; Weimar Republic
Citizenship	Prussia (1845–1848); Stateless (1848–1888); Germany (1888–1923);
Alma mater	Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule; University of Zurich (PhD);
Known for	Discovering X-rays (1895)
Spouse	Anna Bertha Ludwig (m. 1872; died 1919)
Awards	Rumford Medal (1896); Matteucci Medal (1896); Elliott Cresson Medal (1897); Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1900); Nobel Prize in Physics (1901);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Straßburg ; (1874–1875, 1876–1879); Academy of Agriculture ; (1875–1876); University of Giessen ; (1879–1888); University of Würzburg ; (1888–1900); University of Munich ; (from 1900);
Thesis	Studien über Gase; (Studies on gases) (1869)
Doctoral advisor	August Kundt
Other academic advisors	Gustav Zeuner
Doctoral students	Ernst Wagner (1903); Abram Ioffe (1905); Rudolf Ladenburg (1906); Herman March (1911);
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʁœntɡən] ^ⓘ; 27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923), sometimes transliterated as Roentgen (/ˈrɛntɡən/ RENT-guhn or /ˈrʌntdʒən/ RUHNT-juhn), was a German physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays. As a result of this discovery, he became the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.

Wilhelm Röntgen
Röntgen in 1900
Born	Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-03-27)27 March 1845 Lennep, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Died	10 February 1923(1923-02-10) (aged 77) Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
Citizenship	Prussia (1845–1848) Stateless (1848–1888) Germany (1888–1923)
Alma mater	Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule University of Zurich (PhD)
Known for	Discovering X-rays (1895)
Spouse	Anna Bertha Ludwig (m. 1872; died 1919)
Awards	Rumford Medal (1896) Matteucci Medal (1896) Elliott Cresson Medal (1897) Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1900) Nobel Prize in Physics (1901)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Straßburg (1874–1875, 1876–1879) Academy of Agriculture (1875–1876) University of Giessen (1879–1888) University of Würzburg (1888–1900) University of Munich (from 1900)
Thesis	Studien über Gase (Studies on gases) (1869)
Doctoral advisor	August Kundt
Other academic advisors	Gustav Zeuner
Doctoral students	Ernst Wagner (1903) Abram Ioffe (1905) Rudolf Ladenburg (1906) Herman March (1911)

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