Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
VON BAEYER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH WILHELM ADOLF, Germany, Munich University, b.1835, d. 1917: "in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic c
Literature
SIENKIEWICZ, HENRYK, Poland, b. 1846, d. 1916: "because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer"
Peace
Bureau, Berne. Author of "Die Waffen Nieder" (Lay Down Your Arms)
Physiology or Medicine
KOCH, ROBERT, Germany, Institut fŸr Infektions-Krankheiten (Institute for Infectious Diseases), Berlin, b. 1843, d. 1910: "for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis"
Physics
LENARD, PHILIPP EDUARD ANTON, Germany, Kiel University, b. 1862 (in Pressburg, then Hungary), d. 1947: "for his work on cathode rays" googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1429421741137-1'); }); © 1996-2022 Historyce