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In March, 1923, there passed from this world one of the most beautiful exemplars of the true scientific spirit that earth has ever seen-Dr. William Conrad Roentgen, F. R. S., Professor of Experimental Physics in the University of Munich, the discoverer of X- or Roentgen Rays.
Born at Lennep, on March 27, 1845, Professor Roentgen filled a number of important posts before his death in 1923, in which year he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics-an award which brought with it a gift of $40,000. Although suffering from the poverty which resulted in Germany as an aftermath of the World War, Professor Roentgen refused to utilize the Nobel Prize award for his own personal uses. He gave the entire sum to a research society to enable other students to carry on their investigations.