Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
The prize was divided equally between: GRIGNARD, VICTOR, France, Nancy University, b. 1871, d. 1935: "for the discovery of the so-called Grignard reagent, which in recent years has greatly advanced the progress of organic chemistry"; and SA
Literature
HAUPTMANN, GERHART JOHANN ROBERT, Germany, b. 1862, d. 1946: "primarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art"
Peace
ROOT, ELIHU, USA, b. 1845, d. 1937: Former Secretary of State. Initiator of several arbitration agreements
Physiology or Medicine
CARREL, ALEXIS, France, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York, NY, b. 1873, d. 1944: "in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs"
Physics
DALƒN, NILS GUSTAF, Sweden, Swedish Gas-Accumulator Co., Lidingš-Stockholm, b. 1869, d. 1937: "for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys" (adsbygoogle