The Nobel and the modern world

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Nobel Prizes (638) · Physics (119) · Literature (118) · Chemistry (117) · Physiology or Medicine (116) · Peace (106) · Economic Sciences (58) · Nobel institutions (5)

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  1. 1906

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1906

    The 1906 award linked this prize to Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  2. 1906

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1906

    The 1906 award linked this prize to Theodore Roosevelt. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  3. 1906

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1906

    The 1906 award linked this prize to J.J. Thomson. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  4. 1907

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1907

    The 1907 award linked this prize to Eduard Buchner. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  5. 1907

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1907

    The 1907 award linked this prize to Rudyard Kipling. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  6. 1907

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1907

    The 1907 award linked this prize to Alphonse Laveran. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  7. 1907

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1907

    The 1907 award linked this prize to Ernesto Teodoro Moneta and Louis Renault. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  8. 1907

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1907

    The 1907 award linked this prize to Albert A. Michelson. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  9. 1908

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908

    The 1908 award linked this prize to Ernest Rutherford. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  10. 1908

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1908

    The 1908 award linked this prize to Rudolf Eucken. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  11. 1908

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908

    The 1908 award linked this prize to Ilya Mechnikov and Paul Ehrlich. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  12. 1908

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1908

    The 1908 award linked this prize to Klas Pontus Arnoldson and Fredrik Bajer. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  13. 1908

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1908

    The 1908 award linked this prize to Gabriel Lippmann. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  14. 1909

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1909

    The 1909 award linked this prize to Wilhelm Ostwald. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  15. 1909

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1909

    The 1909 award linked this prize to Selma Lagerlöf. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  16. 1909

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1909

    The 1909 award linked this prize to Theodor Kocher. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  17. 1909

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1909

    The 1909 award linked this prize to Auguste Beernaert and Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  18. 1909

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1909

    The 1909 award linked this prize to Guglielmo Marconi and Ferdinand Braun. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  19. 1910

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1910

    The 1910 award linked this prize to Otto Wallach. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  20. 1910

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1910

    The 1910 award linked this prize to Paul Heyse. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  21. 1910

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1910

    The 1910 award linked this prize to Albrecht Kossel. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  22. 1910

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1910

    The 1910 award linked this prize to Permanent International Peace Bureau. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  23. 1910

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1910

    The 1910 award linked this prize to Johannes Diderik van der Waals. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  24. 1911

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911

    The 1911 award linked this prize to Marie Curie. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  25. 1911

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1911

    The 1911 award linked this prize to Maurice Maeterlinck. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  26. 1911

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1911

    The 1911 award linked this prize to Allvar Gullstrand. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  27. 1911

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1911

    The 1911 award linked this prize to Tobias Asser and Alfred Fried. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  28. 1911

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1911

    The 1911 award linked this prize to Wilhelm Wien. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  29. 1912

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1912

    The 1912 award linked this prize to Victor Grignard and Paul Sabatier. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  30. 1912

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1912

    The 1912 award linked this prize to Gerhart Hauptmann. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.