Wilhelm Rontgen

Name: Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen

Born: March 27, 1845, in Lennep, Rhine Province, Germany

Death: February 10, 1923 (Age: 77)

Computer-related contributions

• German physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays in 1895.

Honors and awards

• IUPAC named element number 111 Roentgenium (Rg) in his honor (2004).
• Nobel Prize for Physics (1901).
• Elliott Cresson Medal (1897).
• Matteucci Medal (1896).
• Rumford Medal (1896).