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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Full Name of the recipient | Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1901 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Munich University, Munich, Germany |
Place of Birth | Lennep (now Remscheid), Prussia (now known as Germany DEU) |
Date of Birth | 27 March 1845 |
Age at the time of Award | 55 years |
Place of Death | Munich, Germany DEU |
Date of Death | 10 February 1923 |