Wilhelm Röntgen

Wilhelm Röntgen
Wilhelm Röntgen
	Röntgen in 1900
Born	Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen; 27 March 1845; Lennep, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	10 February 1923 (aged 77); Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
Citizenship	Prussia (until 1848); Stateless (1848–1888); Germany (from 1888);
Alma mater	University of Zurich (Dr. phil.)
Known for	Discovery of X-rays
Spouse	Anna Bertha Ludwig (m. 1872; died 1919)
Awards	Rumford Medal (1896); Matteucci Medal (1896); Elliott Cresson Medal (1897); Nobel Prize in Physics (1901);
	Scientific career
Fields	Radiophysics
Institutions	University of Strassburg; Academy of Agriculture; University of Giessen; University of Würzburg; University of Munich;
Thesis	Studien über Gase (1869)
Doctoral advisor	Gustav Zeuner
Other academic advisors	August Kundt
Doctoral students	Ernst Wagner (1903); Abram Ioffe (1905); Rudolf Ladenburg (1906); Walter Friedrich (1911); Herman March (1911);
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923) was a German experimental physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays (known as Röntgen rays in many languages). In 1901, Röntgen became the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him." The element roentgenium is named in his honor.