Nobel Prizes And Laureates

1908 Nobel Peace Prize - Klas Pontus Arnoldson
1908 Nobel Peace Prize - Fredrik Bajer
Norway
December 10, 1968
Fredrik Bajer (1837 – 1922) was a Danish writer, teacher, and pacifist politician. He supported many peace organizations, both inside Denmark and Europe-wide, and helped guide the passage of a bill to reach arbitration agreements with Sweden and Norway.
Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844 – 1916) was a Swedish author, journalist, politician, and committed pacifist. He was a founding member and the first chairman of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society.

1961 Nobel Prize in Literature - Ivo Andric
Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia
The 50th Anniversary of Ivo Andric Winning the Nobel Prize
December 10, 2011
Ivan Andri#263; (1892 – 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist and short story writer. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia during the Ottoman rule. He was awarded the Nobel Prize "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country."

2008 Nobel Peace Prize - Martti Ahtisaari
Finland
December 10, 2008
Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (1937 - ) is a Finnish politician, the tenth President of Finland (1994–2000), and United Nations diplomat and mediator. He is noted for his international peace work. Ahtisaari has played a prominent role in resolving many conflicts in Namibia, Aceh, Kosovo and Iraq, among other areas.

1930 Nobel Peace Prize - Nathan Söderblom
Norway
November 23, 1990
Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom (1866 – 1931) was a Swedish Lutheran archbishop and theologian. He was an important leader in the ecumenical movement for the unification of Christian Churches. He received the Nobel Prize for Peace for his efforts to further international understanding through church unity.

1984 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Cesar Milstein
Argentina
June 4, 2005
Cesar Milstein (1927 - 2002) was an Argentinian biochemist. He won the prize for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1920 - August Krogh
Sweden
November 18, 1980
Schack August Steenberg Krogh (1874 ¡V 1949) was a Danish professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916-1945. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within several fields of physiology. In 1920 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the mechanism of regulation of the capillaries in skeletal muscle.Krogh was first to describe the adaptation of blood perfusion in muscle and other organs according to demands through opening and closing the arterioles and capillaries.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1920 - Charles Guillaume
sWEDEN
nOVEMBER 18, 1980
Charles #201;douard Guillaume (1861 ¡V 1938) was a Swiss physicist. He is known for his discovery of nickel-steel alloys with special thermal and mechanical properties required for constructing precision instruments.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1957 - Albert Camus
Sweden
November 27, 1990
Albert Camus (1913 ¡V 1960) was a French Nobel Prize¡Vwinning philosopher and novelist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay The Rebel that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1951 - Par Lagerkvist
Sweden
November 27, 1990
Par Fabian Lagerkvist (1891 ¡V 1974) was a Swedish author. He wrote poems, plays, novels, stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from his early 20s to his late 70s. One of his central themes was the fundamental question of good and evil. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951 "for the artistic vigor and true independence of mind with which he endeavors in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind."

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915 - William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg
Sweden
December 10, 1975
William Henry Bragg (1862 - 1942) and his son William Lawrence Bragg (1890 - 1971) were awarded the Nobel Prize for their work which created the new science of X-ray crystallography, making it possible to determine molecular structures from the crystal form of a compound. William Lawrence Bragg was 25 years old when he was awarded the Nobel Prize, and to this day remains the youngest ever Laureate.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 - Max von Laue
Sweden
December 10, 1974
Max Theodor Felix von Laue (1879 - 1960) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals. In addition to his scientific contributions in optics, crystallography, quantum theory, superconductivity, and the theory of relativity, he had a number of administrative positions which advanced and guided German scientific research and development over four decades.

1986 Nobel Prize in Literature: Wole Soyinka.



Primarily a playwright, Soyinke has also written poetry, essays, and several autobiographical works, along with two novels, The Interpreters and Season of Anomy, which I can heartily recommend.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1922 - Niels Bohr
Denmark
December 11, 1963
Niels Henrik David Bohr (1885 – 1962) was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contribution to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1913 - Charles Richet

France
February 21, 1987
Charles Robert Richet (1850 – 1935) was a French physiologist who initially investigated a variety of subjects such as neurochemistry, digestion, thermoregulation in homeothermic animals, and breathing. He won the Nobel Prize "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis" in 1913. He also presided the French Eugenic Society from 1920 to 1926.
He also devoted many years to the study of spiritualist phenomena.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1990 - Octavio Paz
Mexico
20th Anniversary of the Nobel Prize of Literature to Octavio Paz
December 10, 2010
Octavio Paz Lozano (1914 – 1998) was a Mexican poet-diplomat and writer. He is considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century and one of the greatest Hispanic poets of all time.
For his body of work, he was awarded the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.