Nobel Prizes And Laureates

Here is an image of an airmail stamp honoring Henry Dunant (1828-1910), a Swiss businessman and social activist who the founded the Red Cross, and the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1901, designed by French artist Cécile Guillame (1933-2004), engraved by Michel Monvoisin (1932-1982), and issued by Mali on July 4, 1977, Scott No. C309.

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Here is an image of an airmail stamp featuring a portrait of French-German theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, physician and 1952 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Albert Schweitzer, OM (1875-1965), along with depictions of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), a harpsichord, and a Bach musical score, designed and engraved by French artist Jacques Combet (1920-1993), and issued by Mali on May 26, 1975 to commemorate Albert Schweitzer's birth centenary, Scott No. C257. Note: As a music scholar and organist, Schweitzer studied the music of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach and influenced the Organ Reform Movement (Orgelbewegung).

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Here is an image of another airmail stamp honoring Nobel laureate Doctor Albert Schweitzer with a nod to his interest in the music of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. This stamp, featuring a portrait of Dr. Schweitzer, a view of Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon, and a Bach score, was designed and engraved by French artist Raoul Serres (1881-1971), and issued by Gabon on July 23, 1960, Scott No. C1.

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 - Bernado Houssay

Argentina
50th Anniversary of Medicine Nobel Prize for Bernardo A. Houssay
January 31, 1998

Bernardo Alberto Houssay (1887 – 1971) was an Argentine physiologist who received Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the role played by pituitary hormones in regulating the amount of blood sugar in animals. He is the first Latin American Nobel laureate in the sciences.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1903 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1968 - Lars Onsager

Norway
Nobel Prize Laureates
September 19, 2003

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 – 1910) was a Norwegian writer who is considered as one of The Four Greats (De Fire Store) Norwegian writers.
Lars Onsager (1903 – 1976) was a Norwegian-born American physical chemist and theoretical physist, known for his reserach on thermodynamics of irreversible processes.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1910 - Johannes van der Waals
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1924 - Willem Einthoven
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1929 – Christiaan Eijkman

Netherlands
Nobel Prize Laureates
September 7, 1993

Johannes van der Waals (1837 – 1923) was a Dutch theoretical physicist famous for his work on an equation of state for gases and liquids.
Willem Einthoven (1860 – 1927) was a Dutch doctor and physiologist who invented the first practical electrocardiogram (EKG).
Christiaan Eijkman (1858 – 1930) was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology, known for the discovery of vitamins.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939 - Leopold Ružicka
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975 – Vladimir Prelog
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1961 - Ivo Andric

Croatia
Croatian Nobel Prize Winners
December 5, 2001

Leopold Ružicka (1887 - 1976) was a Croatian-Swiss scientist who studied natural aromatic compounds, sex hormones, and many other large organic molecules.
Vladimir Prelog (1906 – 1998) was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who studied the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions.
Ivo Andric (1892 – 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under Ottoman rule. His most notable work is The Bridge on the Drina (1945).

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1973 - Ernst Otto Fischer

Germany
Centenary of the Birth of Ernst Otto Fischer
November 2, 2018

Ernst Otto Fischer (1918 – 2007) was a German chemist who pioneered the work in the area of organometallic chemistry. The stamp shows a portrait of the Nobel Prize laureate and a molecular structure of Bis(benzene)chromium.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975 - Eugenio Montale

Italy
Centenary of the birth of Eugenio Montale
October 12, 1996

Eugenio Montale (1896–1981) was an Italian poet and prose writer. He is widely considered the greatest Italian lyric poet since Giacomo Leopardi. His most notable work includes poem collections Ossi di seppia (1925), Occasioni (1939), Finisterre (1943), La bufera e altro (1956), and Satura (1971).

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1909 - Guglielmo Marconi

Italy
Radio- Guglielmo Marconi
June 8, 1995

Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was an Italian electrical engineer and inventor, known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission and a radio telegraph system.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1901 - J. H. van 't Hoff

Netherlands
Nobel Prize Winners
September 3, 1991

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852 – 1911) was a Dutch physical chemist. He was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His pioneering work helped found the modern theory of chemical affinity, chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, and chemical thermodynamics.

Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting a scene on the Ogooué (aka Ogawe) River in Gabon, with an inset portrait of medical missionary and Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer, designed and engraved by French artist Pierre Gandon (1899-1990), and issued by Monaco on January 14, 1955, Scott No. C40.

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This 2001 issue of Vietnam commemorates the centenary of the awarding of the first Nobel Prizes.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1919 - Carl Spitteler

Switzerland
Carl Spitteler - Centenary of his Nobel Prize in Literature
September 5, 2019

Carl Spitteler (1845-1924) was a Swiss poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his powerful allegoric-epic poem Olympian Spring.

Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Nathan Söderblom (1866-1931), Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala, Primate of Sweden, pastor of the church attended by Alfred Nobel, and recipient of the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize, designed by Stig Åsberg (1909-1968), engraved by Arne Wallhorn (1921-1994), and issued by Sweden on January 15, 1966 as one of a set of two similar stamps commemorating the centenary of the Nobel laureate's birth, Scott No. 693, Facit No. 572B, plus an image of a photograph of Archbishop Nathan Söderblom.

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