Wilhelm Röntgen Physicist
Wilhelm Röntgen is a 77 years old physicist from Weimar Republic from Lennep. Wilhelm Röntgen was born on March 27, 1845 (died on February 10, 1923, he was 77 years old) in Lennep as Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen. His nickname was Conrad.
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Biography
Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist who on 8 November 1895 produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today that was known as X-rays or Röntgen rays an achievement that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
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Birth name of Wilhelm Röntgen is Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
No, he died on 02/10/1923, 100 years ago. He was 77 years old when he died. Cause of death: colorectal cancer. He died in Munich and buried in Gießen .
Awards (10)
Awarded Helmholtz Medal in 1918 , awarded Rumford Medal in 1896 , awarded honorary citizenship in 1909 , nominated Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 , awarded Elliott Cresson Medal in 1897 ,
Education
He graduated from ETH Zurich, University Of Zurich, University Of Strasbourg, Utrecht University and Ludwig Maximilian University Of Munich
What was Wilhelm's zodiac sign?Wilhelm Röntgen zodiac sign was aries.
Other facts about Wilhelm Röntgen
| Alias | Conrad |
|---|---|
| AlmaMater | University of Zurich, ETH Zurich |
| Birth name | Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen |
| Place of death | Munich |
| KnownFor | X-ray |
| Nationality | Germans |
| Doctoral student | Herman March , point in time: 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Employer | Ludwig Maximilian University Of Munich , start time: 1900-04-01T00:00:00Z , end time: 1920-04-01T00:00:00Z |
| Member of | Physikalisch-medizinische Gesellschaft Zu Würzburg , start time: 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Place of birth | Lennep , image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/House-of%20birth%20of%20Wilhelm%20Conrad%20Roentgen.jpg |
| Archives at | ETH Zurich University Archives , inventory number: CH-001807-7:Hs 733 |
| Doctoral advisor | August Kundt , object has role: first doctoral advisor |
| Student | Peter Pringsheim , location: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| CiNii author ID (books) | DA06538370 |
| Name in native language | Wilhelm Conrad Röentgen |
| Student of | August Kundt |
| Cause of death | Colorectal Cancer |
| Place of burial | Gießen |
| Work location | Munich |
| Image of grave | Http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roentgen%20family-grave-Giessen-Alter%20Friedhof-2011-07.jpg |
| Exact match | Http://data.nobelprize.org/resource/laureate/1 |
| Libris-URI | Hftwzrl14nx7948 |
| Field of work | Physics |
| Country of citizenship | Weimar Republic |
| Given name | Conrad |
| Date of death | 1923-02-10T00:00:00Z |
| Signature | 
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| Manner of death | Natural Causes |
| National Library of Israel identifier | 000115111 |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | German |
| Writing language | German |
| NLR ID (Russia) | 7768875 |
