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Nobel Prize in Physics

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz

Born July 18, 1853, in Arnhem, Netherlands, and died February 4, 1928, in Haarlem.

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Pieter Zeeman

Born May 25, 1865, in Zonnemaire, Netherlands, and died October 9, 1943, in Amsterdam. In recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Hermann Emil Fischer

Born October 9, 1852, in Euskirchen, Prussia, and died July 15, 1919, in Berlin. In recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his work on sugar and purine syntheses.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Ronald Ross

Born May 13, 1857, in Almora, India, and died September 16, 1932, in London, England. For his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it.

Nobel Prize in Literature

Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen

Born November 30, 1817, in Garding, Germany, and died November 1, 1903, in Charlottenburg. The greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A History of Rome.

Nobel Peace Prize

Élie Ducommun

Born February 19, 1833, in Geneva, Switzerland, and died December 7, 1906, in Bern. Tireless as the director of the Peace Bureau in Berne, heading the work of all peace societies in the world.