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Wilhelm Roentgen (1845-1923) was born in Germany, but in 1848 the family moved to the Netherlands, where he lived till 1865. He studied in Switzerland and then spent his professional life as a physicist in Germany. He is particularly well known for his discovery of X-rays in 1895. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1901, when it was awarded for the first time.

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