Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
OSTWALD, WILHELM, Germany, Leipzig University, b. 1853 (in Riga, then Russia), d. 1932: "in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction"
Literature
LAGERL…F, SELMA OTTILIA LOVISA, Sweden, b. 1858, d. 1940: "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings"
Peace
The prize was divided equally between: BEERNAERT, AUGUSTE MARIE FRAN‚OIS, Belgium, b. 1829, d. 1912: Former Prime Minister. Member of the Belgian Parliament. Member of the Cour Internationale d'Arbitrage (International Court of Arbitra
Physiology or Medicine
KOCHER, EMIL THEODOR, Switzerland, Berne University, b. 1841, d. 1917: "for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland"
Physics
The prize was awarded jointly to: MARCONI, GUGLIELMO, Italy, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd., London, Great Britain, b. 1874, d. 1937; and BRAUN, CARL FERDINAND, Germany, Strasbourg University, Alsace (then Germany), b. 1850, d. 1918: "