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Name: Wilhelm C. Röntegen Birth: March 27, 1845 Death: February 10, 1923 Origin of Birth: Lennep, Rhenish Prussia
 * Date of Discovery: November 8, 1895**

Wilhelm C. Roentgen was born in Lennep, Germany and moved to the Netherlands shortly after. He studied physics at the University of Utrecht in 1885, and then moved to Zurich where he began studying mechanical engineering. After serving as a professor and lecturer for several years at universities, Roentgen earned a position as the head of the physics department at Columbia University in New York, which he turned down due to World War 1. Roentgen is famous for his discovery of X-Rays on November 8, 1895. While studying the ability of materials to stop the penetration of light, Roentgen discovered that a small piece of lead placed over his hand created an image of this skeleton on the screen. For his discovery, Roentgen earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.