Wilhelm Röntgen

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German physicist Nobel laureate in Physics human physicist

Wilhelm Röntgen was a German physicist best known for discovering X-rays, a breakthrough that earned him the first-ever Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.

Aliases (2)

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen ×7
Röntgen ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German physicist → Nobel laureate in Physics → human → physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
awardReceived	Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science → Elliott Cresson Medal → Matteucci Medal → Nobel Prize in Physics → Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts → Prussian Order of the Crown → Rumford Medal →
causeOfDeath	carcinoma of the intestine →
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire → Germany →
dateOfBirth	1845-03-27 →
dateOfDeath	1923-02-10 →
discovered	Röntgen radiation → X-rays →
discoveryDate	1895 →
educatedAt	ETH Zurich → University of Zurich →
employer	University of Giessen → University of Hohenheim → University of Munich → University of Strasbourg → University of Würzburg →
familyName	Röntgen →
fieldOfWork	experimental physics → physics → radiology →
fullName	Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen →
givenName	Wilhelm →
hasCanonicalName	Wilhelm Röntgen →
knownFor	Röntgen radiation → discovery of X-rays → first Nobel Prize in Physics →
languageSpoken	German →
maritalStatus	married →
placeOfBirth	Lennep → Prussia → Remscheid →
placeOfDeath	Bavaria → Germany → Munich →
positionHeld	professor of physics → rector of the University of Würzburg →
religion	Protestantism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Anna Bertha Ludwig →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
University of Würzburg ("Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen") → University of Zurich →	hasNotableAlumnus
Röntgen radiation ("Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen") →	discoveredBy
Wilhelm Röntgen ("Röntgen") →	familyName
Wilhelm Röntgen ("Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen") →	fullName
Wilhelm Röntgen →	hasCanonicalName
University of Würzburg ("Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen") →	hasNotableFaculty
Lennep ("Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen") →	hasNotablePerson
Matteucci Medal ("Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen") →	hasRecipient
Röntgen radiation ("Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen") →	namedAfter
Wilhelm →	notableBearer