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Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, based on 1 World History Database records associated with Germany.

1 records1901–19011 events1 places

Chronological biography

1901

Nobel Prize in Physics10 December 1901
Science / Physics · Physicist · Stockholm

Receives the first Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the radiation later called X-rays.

Titles and roles

Physicist

Record provenance

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