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. 1921

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1921

    The 1921 award linked this prize to Anatole France. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  2. 1921

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1921

    The 1921 award linked this prize to Hjalmar Branting and Christian Lange. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  3. 1921

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1921

    The 1921 award linked this prize to Albert Einstein. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  4. 1922

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922

    The 1922 award linked this prize to Francis W. Aston. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  5. 1922

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1922

    The 1922 award linked this prize to Jacinto Benavente. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  6. 1922

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1922

    The 1922 award linked this prize to Archibald V. Hill and Otto Meyerhof. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  7. 1922

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1922

    The 1922 award linked this prize to Fridtjof Nansen. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  8. 1922

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1922

    The 1922 award linked this prize to Niels Bohr. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  9. 1923

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1923

    The 1923 award linked this prize to Fritz Pregl. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  10. 1923

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1923

    The 1923 award linked this prize to William Butler Yeats. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  11. 1923

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923

    The 1923 award linked this prize to Frederick G. Banting and John Macleod. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  12. 1923

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1923

    The 1923 award linked this prize to Robert A. Millikan. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  13. 1924

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1924

    The 1924 award linked this prize to Władysław Reymont. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  14. 1924

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1924

    The 1924 award linked this prize to Willem Einthoven. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  15. 1924

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1924

    The 1924 award linked this prize to Manne Siegbahn. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  16. 1925

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1925

    The 1925 award linked this prize to Richard Zsigmondy. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  17. 1925

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1925

    The 1925 award linked this prize to George Bernard Shaw. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  18. 1925

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1925

    The 1925 award linked this prize to Sir Austen Chamberlain and Charles G. Dawes. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  19. 1925

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1925

    The 1925 award linked this prize to James Franck and Gustav Hertz. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  20. 1926

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926

    The 1926 award linked this prize to The Svedberg. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  21. 1926

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1926

    The 1926 award linked this prize to Grazia Deledda. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  22. 1926

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1926

    The 1926 award linked this prize to Johannes Fibiger. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  23. 1926

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1926

    The 1926 award linked this prize to Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  24. 1926

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1926

    The 1926 award linked this prize to Jean Baptiste Perrin. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  25. 1927

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1927

    The 1927 award linked this prize to Heinrich Wieland. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  26. 1927

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1927

    The 1927 award linked this prize to Henri Bergson. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  27. 1927

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927

    The 1927 award linked this prize to Julius Wagner-Jauregg. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  28. 1927

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1927

    The 1927 award linked this prize to Ferdinand Buisson and Ludwig Quidde. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  29. 1927

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1927

    The 1927 award linked this prize to Arthur H. Compton and C.T.R. Wilson. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  30. 1928

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1928

    The 1928 award linked this prize to Adolf Windaus. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.