The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901
Awarded on: 1901-11-12
"in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him"
Affiliations:
- Munich University – Munich, Germany
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Born: 1845-03-27 in Lennep, Prussia (now Remscheid, Germany)
Gender: male
Field: German experimental physicist (1845–1923)
Biography
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 honor.