| Date of Birth | 27-March-1845 | |
| Place of Birth |
Remscheid (Düsseldorf, Germany) |
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| Nationality | Germany | |
| Also know as | Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen | |
| Profession | Physicist | |
| Wilhelm 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. In honour of his accomplishments, in 2004 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry named element 111, roentgenium, a radioactive element with multiple unstable isotopes, after him. | ||
Awards by Wilhelm Röntgen |
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