Wilhelm Röntgen
German physicist (1845–1923)
Also known as Wilhelm Roentgen · W. C. Röntgen · Wilhelm Konrad von Röntgen · Wilhelm C. Röntgen · Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
- Born
- March 27, 1845
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in KNAW Past MembersRetrieved 2017-10-09
- March 27, 1845
- Died
- February 10, 1923
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- 3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- February 10, 1923
- Birthplace
- Lennep
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-10
- 2.Stated in www.accademiadellescienze.itRetrieved 2020-12-01
- Lennep
- Place of death
- Munich
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-30
- 2.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- 3.Stated in www.accademiadellescienze.itRetrieved 2020-12-01
- 4.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- 5.Stated in Historical Dictionary of SwitzerlandRetrieved 2026-10-24
- Munich
- Citizenship
- Weimar Republic(since 1918)
- , German Empire(1888–1918)
- , Kingdom of Prussia(until 1848)
- Occupation
- Positions held
- Education
- ETH Zurich(1865–1868)
- , University of Zurich
- , Utrecht University
- +2 more
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- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physics(1901) prize money: 150,782 SEK · image: Nobel Prize diplom Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.jpg · award rationale: in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him, såsom ett erkännande av den utomordentliga förtjänst han inlagt genom upptäckten av de egendomliga strålar, som sedermera uppkallats efter honom
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Sources- 1.“The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901”nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1901/index.htmlRetrieved 2015-08-03
- 2.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/about/amounts/
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- Helmholtz Medal(1918)
- honorary citizenship(1909) conferred by: Weilheim in Oberbayern
- Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art(1901)
- honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)(1901)
- Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science(1900)
- Elliott Cresson Medal(1898)
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- Nobel Prize in Physics(1901) prize money: 150,782 SEK · image: Nobel Prize diplom Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.jpg · award rationale: in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him, såsom ett erkännande av den utomordentliga förtjänst han inlagt genom upptäckten av de egendomliga strålar, som sedermera uppkallats efter honom
- Member of
- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences(since 1907)
- Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL
- Académie Nationale de Médecine
- Physikalisch-medizinische Gesellschaft zu Würzburg(since 1870)
- Academy of Sciences of Turin(since 1903)
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- Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei(since 1898) affiliation: Q137386993 · subject has role: Q137396485
- Doctoral student
- Herman March(1911)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Mathematics Genealogy Projectgenealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=7957Retrieved 2018-08-28
- Rudolf Ladenburg(1906)
- Abram Ioffe(1905)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Mathematics Genealogy Projectgenealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=189215Retrieved 2018-08-28
- Ernst Wagner(1903)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Mathematics Genealogy Projectgenealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=144438Retrieved 2018-08-28
- Emil Silbernagel
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- John Patrick Donaghey
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- Herman March(1911)
- Doctoral advisor
- August Kundt
- Gustav Zeuner
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Sources- 1.Stated in Mathematics Genealogy Projectgenealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=52900Retrieved 2018-08-28
- Name in native language
- Wilhelm Conrad Rönt
- Student
- Peter Pringsheim location: LMU Munich
- Abram Ioffe
- Start of work period
- 1870
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- 1870
- End of work period
- 1920
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- 1920
- Commons Creator page
- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
- Archives at
- ETH Zurich University Archives inventory number: CH-001807-7:Hs 733
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Sources- 1.vls.hsa.ethz.ch/client/link/de/archiv/einheit/c06fed4fc84840b7a7e739e910bb6331Retrieved 0020-01-15
- ETH Zurich University Archives inventory number: CH-001807-7:Hs 733
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