Wilhelm Roentgen was born in Lennep, Germany, but grew up in Holland. Roentgen earned his undergraduate degree at Zurich university and received his doctorate in physics from the University of Zurich. Following his studies, Wilhelm Roentgen worked at universities in Strasbourg, Giessen, and Würzburg, where he carried out his Nobel Prize-awarded research. In 1900 Roentgen transferred to the University of Munich, where he remained for the rest of his life, Wilhelm Roentgen married Bertha Ludwig in 1872. The couple later adopted the daughter of Bertha's brother. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen was the son of Charlotta Contanza Frowein(dead) & Friedrich Conrad Roentgen(dead). He is the father of Josephine Bertha Ludwig(alive) . He is the grandchild of Abraham Hughsonburg(alive) & Anna Louiston(alive). Roentgen died at the age of 77 by Epithelial cell cancer. Many may know Roentgen by the inventor of X-Rays.