Roentgen, Wilhelm
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| Name |
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| Birthname | Roentgen, Wilhelm Conrad | ||
| born on | 27 March 1845 at 14:00 (= 2:00 PM ) | ||
| Place | Lennep Im Bergischen, Germany, 51n11, 7e15 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m7e15 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   06°45'   25°13 Asc. 21°09'
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Biography
German physicist and discoverer of X-Rays. A professor of physics and Director of the Physical Institute at Wurzburg, he was a meticulous experimentalist who preferred to work alone. One day in 1895 while experimenting with a Crookes tube, he found changes in crystals with new rays emitting. His further intensive study establishes the x-rays lines. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics, 1901.
Roentgen died 2/10/1923, Munich, Germany.
Events
- Death, Cause unspecified 10 February 1923 (Age 77)
- Work : Prize 1901 (Nobel Prize)
Source Notes
B.R. in hand from Steinbrecher
Categories
- Vocation : Science : Physics
- Notable : Awards : Nobel prize (1901)
