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Nobel Prize in Physics

Guglielmo Marconi

Born April 25, 1874, in Bologna, Italy, and died July 20, 1937, in Rome.

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Karl Ferdinand Braun

Born June 6, 1850, in Fulda, Germany, and died April 20, 1918, in Brooklyn, New York. In recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Wilhelm Ostwald

Born September 2, 1853, in Riga, Latvia, and died April 4, 1932, in Grossbothen, Germany. In recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibrium and rates of reaction.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Emil Theodor Kocher

Born August 25, 1841, in Bern, Switzerland, and died July 27, 1917, in Berne.For his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland.

Nobel Prize in Literature

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf

Born November 20, 1858, in Östra Emterwik, Sweden, and died March 16, 1940, in Marbacka. In appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writing.

Nobel Peace Prize

Auguste Marie François Beernaert

Born July 26, 1829, in Ostend, Belgium, and died October 6, 1912, in Lucerne, Switzerland. [For] tireless efforts for peace in the last 30 years of his active life.

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Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d’Estournelles de Constant, Baron de Constant de Rebecque

Born November 22, 1852, in La Flèche, France, and died May 15, 1924, in Paris. [For] services rendered to the international cause of peace and solidarity.