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.