Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923) received the very first Nobel Prize in Physics “for the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him.” However, even before his discovery of X-rays in 1895, he had already achieved Nobel-caliber contributions during his time at the German University of Strasbourg and the Universities of Gießen and Würzburg. This article considers his early life and career with emphasis on his work in Strasbourg.
Adloff et al. (2014) studied this question.