Röntgen, Wilhelm Konrad


Röntgen, Wilhelm Konrad

, Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad (rent′gĕn, rönt′) German physicist, 1845–1923, who discovered roentgen rays (x-rays) in 1895. He won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1901.

Roentgen

or

Röntgen, Wilhelm Konrad

(1845–1923) German physicist who discovered X-RAYS. A roentgen or röntgen is the quantity of X-rays or gamma radiation used as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol: R or r.