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Wilhelm Röntgen
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German experimental physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays. 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 hon…
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science · German physicist (1845–1923) · physicist · professor · engineer · also Wilhelm Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, W. C. Röntgen, Wilhelm Konrad von Röntgen, Wilhelm Roentgen, Wilhelm C. Röntgen
Born 27 March 1845 · Died 10 February 1923 · Q35149
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2026· 2 entries
La Brújula Verde: Wilhelm Röntgen, the physicist who did not want to patent X-rays or have them bear his name and donated the money from his Nobel Prize
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2023· 2 entries
ZEIT: Geschichte: Museum will Briefe von Wilhelm Röntgen digitalisieren
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welt.de: Museum will Briefe von Wilhelm Röntgen digitalisieren
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2015· 1 entry
The Scientist: Wilhelm Röntgen
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2014· 1 entry
Al Jazeera English: Wilhelm Roentgen: The Father of Diagnostic Radiography
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2013· 1 entry
The Guardian: Wilhelm Roentgen discovers the x-ray - a picture from the past
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2012· 1 entry
As a joint initiative between the European Society of Radiology, the Radiological Society of North America, and the American College of Radiology
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2010· 1 entry
Röntgen's discovery was honored in a Google doodle
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1923· 1 entry
Died 1923-02-10.
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1919· 1 entry
Röntgen was married to Anna Bertha Ludwig for 47 years until her death in 1919 at the age of 80.
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1918· 1 entry
Won Helmholtz Medal (1918).
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1909· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizenship presented by Weilheim in Oberbayern (1909).
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1901· 5 entries
Awarded 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.
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Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1901).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1901).
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Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1901).
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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
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1898· 1 entry
Won Elliott Cresson Medal (1898).
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1896· 3 entries
Won Matteucci Medal (1896).
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Won Rumford Medal (1896).
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Jointly with Philipp Lenard, who had already shown that a portion of the cathode rays could pass through a thin film of a metal such as aluminium
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1895· 1 entry
In his laboratory at the Physical Institute of the University of Würzburg, Röntgen was investigating the external effects of passing an electric discharge through various types of vacuum tube equipment—apparatuses from H
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1888· 1 entry
Reacquired German citizenship (after being stateless for 40 years) and obtained the physics chair at the University of Würzburg, and in 1900 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, by special request of the Bav
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1887· 1 entry
They raised one child, Josephine Bertha Ludwig, whom they adopted as a 6-year-old after her father, Anna's only brother, died in 1887.
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1876· 1 entry
Returned to the University of Strasbourg as Professor of Physics, and in 1879 was appointed to the chair of physics at the University of Giessen
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1874· 1 entry
Röntgen became a lecturer at the University of Strasbourg
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1872· 1 entry
Studied at University of Strasbourg, professor (1872).
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1869· 2 entries
They became engaged in 1869 and wed in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7 July 1872; the delay was due to Anna being six years Wilhelm's senior and his father disapproving of her age or humble background.
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And wed in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7 July 1872; the delay was due to Anna being six years Wilhelm's senior and his father disapproving of her age or humble background
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1868· 1 entry
Studied at ETH Zurich (1865–1868).
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1866· 1 entry
Met in Zurich at Anna's father's café, Zum Grünen Glas
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1865· 2 entries
Was unfairly expelled from the Technical School when he was falsely accused of drawing a caricature of one of the teachers, which was actually drawn by someone else
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Tried to attend Utrecht University without having the necessary credentials required for a regular student
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1862· 1 entry
Röntgen enrolled at Utrecht Technical School, where he followed courses for almost two years
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1848· 1 entry
Moved with his parents to the Netherlands—where his mother's family lived—rendering him stateless
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1845· 1 entry
Born 1845-03-27.
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