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Known for
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Discovering X rays, and subsequently winning the 1901 Nobel Prize in physics for this accomplishment
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Career
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1876-79 Taught physics at the University of Strasbourg
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1879-88 Taught physics at the University of Giessen
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1888-1900 Taught physics and directed the Physical Institute at the University of Würzburg
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1895 Accidentally discovered X rays while experimenting with cathode rays emitted from a Crookes tube
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1900-1920 Taught physics and directed the Physical Institute at the University of Munich
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Did You Know
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Roentgen initiated the use of X rays in medicine by noticing that bone absorbs more X rays than flesh, leaving behind a clear image on a photographic plate.
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Roentgen made the results of his studies freely available to all, refusing to apply for patents.
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