Nobel Prizes And Laureates

The Nobel Peace Prize 1922 - Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930)

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Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian.
In 1888 he was the first to cross Greenland`s inland ice.
He was the first High Commissioner for Refugees appointed by the League of Nations.

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat Admin) 2012 Vladimir Prelog (Chemistry) & Ivo Andric (Literature).

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1902 - Ronald Ross (1857-1932)



Ronald Ross was an Indian-born British medical doctor. He received the Nobel Prize for his work on malaria.
He discovered the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of mosquito.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2005 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)


...........................30 years of IAEA

The IAEA was established in 1957 for the purpose of promoting increased use of nuclear power for civil purposes without entailing the further spread of nuclear arms.
The agnecy was awarded
for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1936 - Peter Debye (1884-1966)



Peter Joseph William Debye a Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist won Nobel prize
"for his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations
on dipole moments and on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases"

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1932 - Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976)



Werner Karl Heisenberg a German theoretical physicist and philosopher
discovered in 1925 a way to formulate quantum mechanics in terms of matrices.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics
"for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has,
inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".

The Nobel Peace Prize 1951 - Léon Jouhaux (1879-1954)



Léon Jouhaux was a French trade union leader
and one of the founders of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Happy Birthday to 1952 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965). Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Dr. Schweitzer and depicting the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, established in 1913 by Schweitzer in Lambaréné, Gabon, designed and engraved by Eugène Lacaque, and issued by Niger on June 23, 1975 to commemorate Albert Schweitzer's birth centenary, Scott No. 322.

- nethryk

None of the dodgy ones yet, eg Kissinger and Hamsun. Or any of the many very dull choices for the literature prize.

Winston Churchill may not be very well known as a writer except among historians, but he did receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. He died at the age of 90 on January 24, 1965.

Here is an image of a stamp entitled "Paix," featuring a portrait of Alfred Nobel and a peace dove, designed and combined engraved by Claude Jumelet and photogravure, and issued by Monaco on May 8, 1995 as a EUROPA stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe (VE Day) during World War Two, Scott No. 1944.

- nethryk

The Nobel Peace Prize 1971 - Willy Brandt (1913-1992)



Willy Brandt was a German statesman and politician, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
and chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1971 for his efforts to achieve reconciliation between West Germany and the countries of Eastern Europe.

Hi Primoz, I'm just adding the older stamp of Brandt (1993); I was going to add the two to the "Hands" because his gesture while contemplating is so characteristic, but they are more appropriate here. Perhaps the most well-known photographs of Brandt were taken in 1970 at the Warsaw Memorial for Victims of the Holocaust.

Frederick Banting - a Canadian (Nov. 14, 1891 – Feb. 21, 1941)



The first to successfully isolate insulin from animal donors and use it on humans.

Banting was voted fourth place on CBC's Greatest Canadian.

Two other countries have honoured him on stamps:



Banting died in an airplane crash in Newfoundland. He was en route to England to conduct operational tests on the Franks flying suit (the "G Suit") developed by his colleague Wilbur Franks.

Portrait of Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), designed by German artist Fritz Busse, engraved by Hans-Joachim Fuchs, and issued by Germany on January 15, 1975 to commemorate Schweitzer's birth centenary, Scott No. 1160, Michel No. 830.

- nethryk