Paul Ulrich Villard

Paul Ulrich Villard
Villard, c. 1908
Born	(1860-09-28)28 September 1860 Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or, France
Died	13 January 1934(1934-01-13) (aged 73) Bayonne, France
Known for	Discoverer of gamma rays

Paul Ulrich Villard (28 September 1860 – 13 January 1934) was a French chemist and physicist. He discovered gamma rays in 1900 while studying the radiation emanating from radium.