In memory of
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Physicist who discovered X-rays
- Born
- Died
- Lived
- 77 years
- Resting place
- Old Cemetery, Giessen, Hesse, Germany
In November 1895 Röntgen noticed a screen glowing across his darkened laboratory while a covered discharge tube was running. Within weeks he had photographed the bones of his wife's hand and published a paper describing a new kind of ray.
He refused to patent the discovery, saying it belonged to humanity, and gave away his Nobel Prize money. He died nearly ruined by post-war inflation and is buried in the family grave at Giessen.
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