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).
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.
Younger
Nobel Prize Winner:
Younger
According to Category:
Older
Nobel Prize Winner:
Older
According to Category:
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
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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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