Discoverer of X-rays
W.C. lived in this house from 1863 to 1865. Röntgen, discoverer of X-rays.
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was born on March 27, 1845 in Lennep (Remscheid). He grew up in Apeldoorn. In the city of Utrecht he followed a higher technical education and then lived in this house with the chemist Dr. J.W. Grunning, the future professor.
Röntgen completed his studies in Zurich (1865-1869). In 1888 he was appointed professor of physics at the University of Würzburg. There, on November 8, 1895, he discovered the rays later named after him. In 1901, Röntgen was awarded the first Nobel Prize in physics. He died on February 10, 1923 in Munich.
His grave is located in Giessen (Germany).
W.C. Röntgen founder of the x-ray