Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923
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1845-1923Biography:
Wilhelm Röntgen was born on March 27, 1845 in Lennep, Prussia and died on February 10, 1923 in Munich, Germany. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 for his discovery of the X-ray.
Related Object: Effect of Roentgen's "Rays" political cartoon, 1896