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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen is generally credited with discovering electromagnetic radiation in the spectrum known today as X-rays on November 8, 1895. These are sometime referred to as Röntgen rays after the scientist. This achievement earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.

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X-rays were discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845-1923) who was a Professor at Wuerzburg University in Germany.

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