Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
27 March 1845
Lennep, Rhine Province, Germany
Died 10 February 1923 (aged 77)
Munich, Germany
Nationality German
Fields Physics
X-ray astronomy
Institutions
University of Strassburg
University of Hohenheim
University of Giessen
University of Würzburg
University of Munich
Alma mater
ETH Zurich
University of Zurich
Doctoral advisor August Kundt
Doctoral students
Herman March
Abram Ioffe
Ernst Wagner
Rudolf Ladenburg
Known for X-rays
Notable awards Matteucci Medal (1896)
Rumford Medal (1896)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1897)
Barnard Medal (1900)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1901)