NOBEL PRIZE FACTS

NOBEL PRIZE FACTS

On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobel's will one part was dedicated to “the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement”

567 Nobel Prizes: Between 1901 and 2014, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 567 times.

Years when the Nobel Prize Have Not Been Awarded: Since the start, in 1901, there are some years when the Nobel Prizes have not been awarded. The total number of times are 50. Most of them during World War I (1914-1918) and II (1939-1945).

List of Noble Prize Winner Women

Average Age for a Nobel Laureate in all Prize Categories: The ages in the graphs below refers to how old the Nobel Laureates were the year they were awarded the Nobel Prize. The average age when awarded is 59 for the Laureates in all prize categories between 1901 and 2014. The most frequent age bracket is 60-64.

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INDIAN NOBEL PRIZE WINNER

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47 Nobel Prizes to Women: Between 1901 and 2014 the Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded 47 times to women.

Family Nobel Laureates: As you may notice, the Curies were a very successful 'Nobel Prize family'. Marie Curie herself was awarded two Nobel Prizes.

The husband-and-wife partnership of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. Marie Curie herself was awarded the Nobel Prize a second time, receiving the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Marie and Pierre Curie's eldest daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with her husband, Frédéric Joliot. The younger daughter, Ève Curie, worked for the UNICEF and was married to Henry R. Labouisse. He accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of UNICEF in 1965.

SUBJECT WISE NOBEL PRIZE FACTS

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineFacts on the Prize in Economic SciencesFacts on the Nobel Prize in ChemistryFacts on the Nobel Prize in LiteratureFacts on the Nobel Prize in PhysicsFacts on the Nobel Peace Prize

Forced to Decline the Nobel Prize: Four Nobel Laureates have been forced by authorities to decline the Nobel Prize. Adolf Hitler forbade three German Nobel Laureates, Richard Kuhn, Adolf Butenandt and Gerhard Domagk, from accepting the Nobel Prize. All of them could later receive the Nobel Prize Diploma and Medal, but not the prize amount.

Boris Pasternak, the 1958 Nobel Laureate in Literature, initially accepted the Nobel Prize but was later coerced by the authorities of the Soviet Union, his native country, to decline the Nobel Prize.

Two Nobel Laureates have Declined the Nobel Prize: Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he had consistently declined all official honours.

Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. They were awarded the Prize for negotiating the Vietnam peace accord. Le Doc Tho said that he was not in a position to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, citing the situation in Vietnam as his reason.

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