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  2. List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates - Wikipedia

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    The Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo, in the presence of the King of Norway, on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel's death, and is the only Nobel Prize not presented in Stockholm. [5] Unlike the other prizes, the Peace Prize is occasionally awarded to an organisation (such as the International Committee of the Red Cross , a three ...

  3. John Polanyi - Wikipedia

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    John Charles Polanyi PC CC FRSC OOnt FRS (Hungarian: Polányi János Károly; born 23 January 1929) is a German-born Canadian chemist. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in chemical kinetics .

  4. List of individuals nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize ...

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    Shared the 1911 Nobel Peace Prize with Alfred Hermann Fried. [128] John Raleigh Mott [ch] May 25, 1865 Livingston Manor, New York, United States January 31, 1955 Orlando, Florida, United States 1911, 1912, 1913, 1934, 1946: Shared the 1946 Nobel Peace Prize with Emily Greene Balch. [129] José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco [ci] April 20, 1845

  5. John Mott - Wikipedia

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    John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 – January 31, 1955) was an evangelist and long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for his work in establishing and strengthening international Protestant Christian student organizations that worked ...

  6. List of Nobel laureates - Wikipedia

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    Different organisations are responsible for awarding the individual prizes; the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Economics; the Swedish Academy awards the Prize in Literature; the Karolinska Institute awards the Prize in Physiology or Medicine; and the Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Prize in Peace. [3]

  7. Robin Warren - Wikipedia

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    John Robin Warren AC (11 June 1937 – 23 July 2024) was an Australian pathologist, Nobel laureate, and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, together with Barry Marshall. [1]

  8. Philip Noel-Baker - Wikipedia

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    An opponent of left-wing Bevanite policies in the 1950s, and an advocate of multilateral nuclear disarmament, rather than a policy of unilateral disarmament, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959. In 1979, with Fenner Brockway, he co-founded the World Disarmament Campaign, serving as co-Chair until he died, [12] [13] and was an active ...

  9. 1979 - Wikipedia

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    1979 was a common year ... October 7 – Pope John Paul II ends his first U.S. papal visit in Washington, ... Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni politician, Nobel Peace Prize ...