Nobel Prize timeline
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René François Armand Prudhomme is Awarded the First Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1901 was awarded to Sully Prudhomme "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty... Read more
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Frédéric Passy and Jean Henry Dunant Win the Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Norwegian and Swedish: Nobels fredspris) is awarded annually by the Norwegian Nobel Committee "to the person who shall have... Read more
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Élie Ducommun and Charles Albert Gobat Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Élie Ducommun (February 19, 1833 – December 7, 1906) was a Swiss journalist and peace activist. He was a winner of the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize,... Read more
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William Randal Cremer Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Sir William Randal Cremer (18 March 1828 – 22 July 1908) usually known by his middle name "Randal", was an English Liberal Member of Parliament and... Read more
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Institut de Droit International Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
The Institut de droit international ("Institute of International Law") is an organization devoted to the study and development of international... Read more
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Bertha von Suttner Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner, Gräfin (Countess) Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau; 9 June 1843 - 21 June... Read more
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Theodore Roosevelt Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
In June, 1905, President Roosevelt offered his good offices as mediator between Russia and Japan, asking the belligerents to nominate... Read more
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Ernesto Teodoro Moneta and Louis Renault Win Nobel Peace Prize
The range of activities in which Moneta engaged for the propagation of world peace is impressive. In 1890 he began to issue an annual almanac... Read more
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Rudyard Kipling Becomes the First Englishman to be Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1907 was awarded to Rudyard Kipling "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination,... Read more
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Klas Pontus Arnoldson and Fredrik Bajer Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Klas Pontus Arnoldson (27 October 1844 – 20 February 1916) was a Swedish author, journalist, politician, and committed pacifist who received the... Read more
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Willard Frank Libby is Born
On December 17, 1908, Willard Frank "Wild Bill" Libby was born on a farm in Grand Valley, Colorado. Libby won the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry... Read more
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Auguste Marie François Beernaert and Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Auguste Marie François Beernaert (July 26, 1829 – October 6, 1912) was the Prime Minister of Belgium from October 1884 to March 1894. Born in... Read more
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Selma Lagerlöf Becomes the First Woman to be Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909 was awarded to Selma Lagerlöf "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception... Read more
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International Peace Bureau Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The International Peace Bureau (IPB) was founded as a result of the third Universal Peace Congress in Rome, 1891, with Fredrik Bajer one of its... Read more
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Tobias Michael Carel Asser and Alfred Hermann Fried Win Nobel Peace Prize
Tobias Michael Carel Asser (April 28, 1838, Amsterdam – July 29, 1913, The Hague) was a Dutch jurist, cowinner (with Alfred Fried) of the Nobel... Read more
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Elihu Root Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Elihu Root (February 15, 1845 – February 7, 1937) was an American lawyer and statesman and the 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the... Read more
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Henri La Fontaine Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Henri La Fontaine, (22 April 1854 – 14 May 1943) was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau from 1907 to... Read more
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Rabindranath Tagore Becomes the First Asian to be Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which,... Read more
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International Committee of the Red Cross Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. States parties... Read more
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President Woodrow Wilson Wins Nobel Peace Prize
In accepting the honor of your award I am moved not only by a profound gratitude for the recognition of my [sincere and] earnest efforts in the... Read more
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Léon Bourgeois Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
He was born in Paris, and was trained in law. After holding a subordinate office (1876) in the department of public works, he became successively... Read more
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Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
In 1922, Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics,[97] "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of... Read more
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Hjalmar Branting and Christian Lous Lange Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Christian Lous Lange (17 September 1869 – 11 December 1938) was a Norwegian historian, teacher, and political scientist. He was one of the world's... Read more
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Fridtjof Nansen Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel... Read more
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William Butler Yeats is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1923 was awarded to William Butler Yeats "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives... Read more