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April 22, 1854, in Brussels, Belgium, and died May 14, 1943, in Brussels. For his efforts to establish and follow the principles of international understanding and cooperation among men.

      1914

      Nobel Prize in Physics

      Max von Laue

      Born October 9, 1879, in Pfaffendorf, Germany, and died April 24, 1960, in Berlin. For his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals.

      Nobel Prize in Chemistry

      Theodore William Richards

      Born January 31, 1868, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States, and died April 2, 1928, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.In recognition of his accurate determinations of the atomic weight of a large number of chemical elements.

      Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

      Robert Bárány

      Born April 22, 1876, in Vienna, Austria, and died April 8, 1936, in Uppsala, Sweden.For his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus.

      Nobel Prize in Literature

      Not awarded.

      Nobel Peace Prize

      Not awarded.

      1915

      Nobel Prize in Physics

      Sir William Henry Bragg

      Born July 2, 1862, in Westward, England, and died March 10, 1942, in London.

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      Sir William Lawrence Bragg

      Born March 31, 1890, in Adelaide, Australia, and died July 1, 1971, in Ipswich, England. For their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays.

      Nobel Prize in Chemistry

      Richard Martin Willstätter

      Born August 13, 1872, in Karlsruhe, Germany, and died August 3, 1942, in Locarno, Switzerland.For his researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll.

      Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

      Not awarded.

      Nobel Prize in Literature

      Romain Rolland

      Born January 29, 1866, in Clamecy, France, and died December 30, 1944, in Vézelay. As a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings.

      Nobel Peace Prize

      Not awarded.

      1916

      Nobel Prize in Physics

      Not awarded.

      Nobel Prize in Chemistry

      Not awarded.

      Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

      Not awarded.

      Nobel Prize in Literature

      Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam

      In recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature.

      Nobel Peace Prize

      Not awarded.

      1917

      Nobel Prize in Physics

      Charles Glover Barkla

      Born June 7, 1877, in Widnes, England, and died October 23, 1944, in Braidwood, Scotland. For his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements.

      Nobel Prize in Chemistry

      Not awarded.

      Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

      Paul Ehrlich

      Born March 14, 1854, in Strehlen, Germany, and died August 20, 1915, in Bad Homburg.

      Nobel Prize in Literature

      Henrik Pontoppidan

      Born June 2, 1857, in Praestö, Denmark, and died October 11, 1919, in Klotzsche, Germany.For his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by lofty ideals.

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      Karl Adolph Gjellerup

      Born July 24, 1857, in Fredericia, Demark, and died August 21, 1943, in Charlottenlund. For his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark.

      Nobel Peace Prize

      International Committee of the Red Cross

      Founded in 1863, in Geneva, Switzerland. The only Nobel Peace Prize to be attributed during World War I, for the help given to prisoners of war, by serving as an intermediary between them and the countries that captured them, and for sending delegates to inspect the camps.

      1918

      Nobel Prize in Physics

      Max Planck

      Born April 23, 1858, in Kiel, Germany, and died October 3, 1947, in Göttingen. In recognition of the services he rendered to the advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta.

      Nobel Prize in Chemistry

      Fritz Haber

      Born December 9, 1868, in Breslau, Germany, and died January 29, 1934, in Basel, Switzerland. For the synthesis of ammonia from its elements.

      Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

      Not awarded.

      Nobel Prize in Literature

      Awarded to Erik Axel Karlfeldt who refused it.

      Born July 20, 1864, in Folkarna, Sweden, and died April 8, 1931, in Stockholm. He turned down the prize to dedicate himself to academy matters as a member and secretary from 1904 until the date of his death.

      Nobel Peace Prize

      Not awarded.

      1919

      Nobel Prize in Physics

      Johannes Stark

      Born April 15, 1874, in Schickenhof, Germany, and died June 21, 1957, in Traunstein. For his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields.

      Nobel Prize in Chemistry

      Not awarded.

      Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

      Jules Bordet

      Born June 13, 1870, in Soignies, Belgium, and died April 6, 1961, in Brussels. For his discoveries relating to immunity.

      Nobel Prize in Literature

      Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler

      Born April 24, 1845, in Liestal, Switzerland, and died December 29, 1924, in Lucerne, Switzerland. In special appreciation of his epic Olympian Spring.

      Nobel Peace Prize

      Thomas Woodrow Wilson

      Born December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia, United States, and died February 3, 1924, in Washington, DC. Attempts to negotiate peace, with special reference to his speech “Fourteen Points” aimed at achieving a lasting peace after World War I, and which would be fundamental in establishing the League of Nations.

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