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 * Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen** (27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923)

Rontgen was a German physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as x-rays. During testing Rontgen placed a small piece of lead while discharge was occuring and produced the first radiographic image. This helped him earn the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. Rontgen taught at several universities around Germany as a physics professor. He planned to emmigrate to the United States but the outbreak of World War I changed his plans and he remained in Germany for the rest of his career.