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.
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All Nobel Prizes (1905-1910):
1910
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1910
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
"for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1910
Otto Wallach
"in recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1910
Albrecht Kossel
"in recognition of the contributions to our knowledge of cell chemistry made through his work on proteins, including the nucleic substances"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1910
Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse
"as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1910
Bureau international permanent de la Paix (Permanent International Peace Bureau)
1909
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1909
Guglielmo MarconiandKarl Ferdinand Braun
"in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1909
Wilhelm Ostwald
"in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1909
Emil Theodor Kocher
"for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf
"in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1909
Auguste Marie François Beernaert
Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Baron de Constant de Rebecque
1908
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1908
Gabriel Lippmann
"for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908
Ernest Rutherford
"for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908
Ilya Ilyich MechnikovandPaul Ehrlich
"in recognition of their work on immunity"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1908
Rudolf Christoph Eucken
"in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1908
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Fredrik Bajer
1907
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907
Albert Abraham Michelson
"for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1907
Eduard Buchner
"for his biochemical researches and his discovery of cell-free fermentation"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1907
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
"in recognition of his work on the role played by protozoa in causing diseases"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1907
Rudyard Kipling
"in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1907
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
Louis Renault
1906
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1906
Joseph John Thomson
"in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1906
Henri Moissan
"in recognition of the great services rendered by him in his investigation and isolation of the element fluorine, and for the adoption in the service of science of the electric furnace called after him"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1906
Camillo GolgiandSantiago Ramón y Cajal
"in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1906
Giosuè Carducci
"not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1906
Theodore Roosevelt
1905
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1905
Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard
"for his work on cathode rays"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1905
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer
"in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905
Robert Koch
"for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905
Henryk Sienkiewicz
"because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1905
Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, née Countess Kinsky von Chinic und Tettau
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All Nobel Prizes (1911-1915):
1915
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915
Sir William Henry BraggandWilliam Lawrence Bragg
"for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1915
Richard Martin Willstätter
"for his researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1915
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 1915
Romain Rolland
"as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1915
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1914
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1914
Max von Laue
"for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1914
Theodore William Richards
"in recognition of his accurate determinations of the atomic weight of a large number of chemical elements"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914
Robert Bárány
"for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1914
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1914
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1913
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1913
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
"for his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1913
Alfred Werner
"in recognition of his work on the linkage of atoms in molecules by which he has thrown new light on earlier investigations and opened up new fields of research especially in inorganic chemistry"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1913
Charles Robert Richet
"in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913
Rabindranath Tagore
"because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1913
Henri La Fontaine
1912
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1912
Nils Gustaf Dalén
"for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1912
Victor Grignard
"for the discovery of the so-called Grignard reagent, which in recent years has greatly advanced the progress of organic chemistry"
Paul Sabatier
"for his method of hydrogenating organic compounds in the presence of finely disintegrated metals whereby the progress of organic chemistry has been greatly advanced in recent years"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1912
Alexis Carrel
"in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1912
Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann
"primarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1912
Elihu Root
1911
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1911
Wilhelm Wien
"for his discoveries regarding the laws governing the radiation of heat"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911
Marie Curie, née Sklodowska
"in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1911
Allvar Gullstrand
"for his work on the dioptrics of the eye"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1911
Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck
"in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers'own feelings and stimulate their imaginations"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1911
Tobias Michael Carel Asser
Alfred Hermann Fried
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