Human Accomplishment: Paul Ulrich Villard

a French chemist and physicist. He discovered gamma rays in 1900 while studying the radiation emanating from radium.

Born

28 September 1860 Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or

Died

13 January 1934 (aged 73) Bayonne

Known for

Discoverer of Gamma Rays

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France

era

1800+