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December 10, 1901 - First Nobel Prizes Awarded

Posted December 10, 2011 12:00 AM by SavvyExacta

Alfred Nobel, a chemist and inventor who worked with nitroglycerine and dynamite, left 94% of his worth after death for the establishment of five prizes. These included physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded on December 10, 1901 - the fifth anniversary of Nobel's death.

The First Awards Went to…

Chemistry: Jacobus H. van't Hoff (contributions in chemical thermodynamics)

Physics: Wilhelm C. Röntgen (discovered x-rays)

Physiology or Medicine: Emil A. von Behring (developed an antitoxin to treat diphtheria)

Literature: Rene F. A. Sully Prudhomme (poet)

Peace: Jean H. Dunant and Frédéric Passy (founded the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, respectively)

List of all Nobel Prize winners by year.

Resources:

http://history1900s.about.com/od/medicaladvancesissues/a/nobelhistory.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-nobel-prizes-awarded

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Nobel_Prize.png/220px-Nobel_Prize.png [image]

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