All Nobel Prizes (1922-1927):
1927
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1927
Arthur Holly Compton
"for his discovery of the effect named after him"
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
"for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1927
Heinrich Otto Wieland
"for his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids and related substances"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
"for his discovery of the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1927
Henri Bergson
"in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1927
Ferdinand Buisson
Ludwig Quidde
1926
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1926
Jean Baptiste Perrin
"for his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for his discovery of sedimentation equilibrium"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926
The (Theodor) Svedberg
"for his work on disperse systems"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1926
Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger
"for his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1926
Grazia Deledda
"for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1926
Aristide Briand
Gustav Stresemann
1925
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1925
James FranckandGustav Ludwig Hertz
"for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1925
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
"for his demonstration of the heterogenous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used, which have since become fundamental in modern colloid chemistry"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1925
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1925
George Bernard Shaw
"for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1925
Sir Austen Chamberlain
Charles Gates Dawes
1924
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1924
Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn
"for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1924
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1924
Willem Einthoven
"for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1924
Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
"for his great national epic, The Peasants"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1924
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1923
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1923
Robert Andrews Millikan
"for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1923
Fritz Pregl
"for his invention of the method of micro-analysis of organic substances"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923
Frederick Grant BantingandJohn James Rickard Macleod
"for the discovery of insulin"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1923
William Butler Yeats
"for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1923
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1922
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1922
Niels Henrik David Bohr
"for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922
Francis William Aston
"for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1922
Archibald Vivian Hill
"for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle"
Otto Fritz Meyerhof
"for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1922
Jacinto Benavente
"for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1922
Fridtjof Nansen