Wilhelm Röntgen

Wilhelm Röntgen
Wilhelm Röntgen
	Röntgen in 1900
Born	Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen; 27 March 1845; Lennep, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Died	10 February 1923 (aged 77); Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
Nationality	Prussian (1845–1848); Stateless (1848–1888); German (1888–1923);
Education	ETH Zurich; University of Zurich (PhD);
Known for	Discovery of X-rays; Magnetoelectric effect; Dielectric elastomer EAPs;
Spouse	Bertha Röntgen (deceased 1919)
Awards	Matteucci Medal; Rumford Medal; Elliott Cresson Medal; Barnard Medal; Nobel Prize in Physics;
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics; X-ray astronomy;
Institutions	University of Strasbourg; University of Hohenheim; University of Giessen; University of Würzburg; University of Munich;
Doctoral advisor	August Kundt
Doctoral students	Herman March; Abram Ioffe; Ernst Wagner; Rudolf Ladenburg;
Other notable students	Franz S. Exner
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (/ˈrɛntɡən, -dʒən, ˈrʌnt-/; German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʁœntɡən] ^ⓘ; 27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923) 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. In honour of Röntgen's accomplishments, in 2004 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) named element 111, roentgenium, a radioactive element with multiple unstable isotopes, after him. The unit of measurement roentgen was also named after him.

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