Wilhem Roentgen Flashcards
(40 cards)
Birthplace
Lennep, Germany
Birthday of Roentgen
March 27, 1845
Father
Friedrich Conrad
Father’s work
Local textile merchant
Mother
Constance Charlotte Frowein
His family moved to
Apeldoom , Holland
Attended primary and secondary
Martinus Hermann van Doorn
Arrived in Utrecht, Holland
December 27, 1862
A well known chemist
Dr. Gunning
He was expelled in this school
Utrecht Technical School
He lived at _______ where a Plaque was mounted in 1922 that read
7 Seilergraben
Anna Bertha Ludwig was the daughter of an innkeeper of
Zum Grunen Glas
Received the degree of Mechanical Engineer
August 6, 1868
Wilhem and Bertha were married on
January 19,1872
Roentgen became the assistant of
Dr. August Kundt
Roentgen wrote his dissertation on ______ for which he received his doctorate in Philosophy from the university of Zurich
Studies on Gases
He was called by ___ to offer hin gull professorship in Physics and Math
Agricultural Academy of Stuttgart - Hohenheim
He published 15 important papers and was offered full professorship in Giessen
October 1, 1876
He was recommended by
Helmholtz
Kirchhoff
Kundt
Roentgen adopted bertha’s niece
Josephine Bertha Donges
Roentgen produced ______ in Giessen
18 important papers
October 1, 1888 - he became the Professor of Physics and director of the new Physical Institute at the —-
University of Wurzburg
He elected as President Of the Julius Maximilians University of Wurzburg and produced
17 important papers
Experimental Electrical Discharge tube , invented by English physicist William Crookes were electrons was discovered
Crookes Tube
