Prof. Dr.
Wilhelm Conrad
Röntgen
aka Roentgen
Born in Lennep, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, German Confederation
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Anna Bertha Ludwig
— married
19 Jan 1872 in Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
Father of
Josephina Bertha (Ludwig) Röntgen
Died
at age 77
in München, Bayern, Deutschland
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Biography
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen is Notable.
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation that today is known as X-rays. In 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery. He is considered the father of diagnostic radiology.
He married Anna Bertha Ludwig at age 26 on 19 January 1872 in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. Their marriage records lists their parents: Wilhelm's were Friedrich Conrad Röntgen and Charlotte Constance Frowein and Anna's were Johan Gotfried Ludwig and Elisabeth Gschwind.[1] Wilhelm and Anna had no children of their own, but they adopted Anna's brother's daughter, Josephine Bertha Ludwig at age 6, after her father had died in 1887.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Marriage record: Document type: BS Huwelijk; Heritage institution: Gelders Archief; Institution place: Arnhem; Collection region: Gelderland; Archive: 0207; Reg #: 6591; Source #: 6; Registration date: 19-01-1872; Document place: Apeldoorn; Collection: Burgerlijke stand Gelderland, dubbelen; Book: Burgerlijke stand. Online at wiewaswie.nl/nl, wiewaswie.nl/en, Gelders Archief
- ↑ Wikipedia, citing Glasser, Otto. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen and the Early History of the Roentgen Rays. London: John Bale, Sons and Danielsson, Ltd. 1933. page 63.
- Wikidata: Item Q35149
- Wilhelm Röntgen in Wikipedia
- German Wikipedia article on Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
- remembering Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen when he lived in Apeldoorn (in Dutch)
- The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 06 August 2021), memorial page for Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen (27 Mar 1845–10 Feb 1923), Find A Grave: Memorial #6266, citing Alter Friedhof, Giessen, Landkreis Gießen, Hessen, Germany; Maintained by Find A Grave.
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