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All Nobel Prizes (1901-1904): 1904 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1904 Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt) "for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1904 Sir William Ramsay "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1904 Ivan Petrovich Pavlov "in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1904 Frédéric Mistral "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist" José Echegaray y Eizaguirre "in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama" The Nobel Peace Prize 1904 Institut de droit international (Institute of International Law) 1903 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 Antoine Henri Becquerel "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity" Pierre CurieandMarie Curie, née Sklodowska "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903 Svante August Arrhenius "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered to the advancement of chemistry by his electrolytic theory of dissociation" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1903 Niels Ryberg Finsen "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1903 Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit" The Nobel Peace Prize 1903 William Randal Cremer 1902 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1902 Hendrik Antoon LorentzandPieter Zeeman "in recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1902 Hermann Emil Fischer "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his work on sugar and purine syntheses" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1902 Ronald Ross "for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1902 Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen "the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A history of Rome" The Nobel Peace Prize 1902 Élie Ducommun Charles Albert Gobat 1901 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1901 Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 Emil Adolf von Behring "for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1901 Sully Prudhomme "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect" The Nobel Peace Prize 1901 Jean Henry Dunant Frédéric Passy. By nobelprize.org