Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
CURIE, MARIE, nŽe SKLODOWSKA, France, Sorbonne University, Paris, b. 1867 (in Warsaw, Poland), d. 1934: "in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolat
Literature
MAETERLINCK, Count, MAURICE (MOORIS) POLIDORE MARIE BERNHARD, Belgium, b. 1862, d. 1949: "in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by
Peace
The prize was divided equally between: ASSER, TOBIAS MICHAEL CAREL, the Netherlands. b. 1838, d. 1913: Cabinet Minister. Member of the Privy Council. Initiator of the International Conferences of Private Law at the Hague. FRIED, ALFRED HERM
Physiology or Medicine
GULLSTRAND, ALLVAR, Sweden, Uppsala University, b. 1862, d. 1930: "for his work on the dioptrics of the eye"
Physics
WIEN, WILHELM, Germany, WŸrzburg University, b. 1864, d. 1928: "for his discoveries regarding the laws governing the radiation of heat" (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); © 1996-2025