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Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences. The winners in each category were announced from October 7 to October 14. Nobel Week was scheduled to take place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions.
The Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded 577 times to 889 recipients, of which 26 awards (all Peace Prizes) were to organizations. Due to some recipients receiving multiple awards, the total number of recipients is 860 individuals and 22 organizations. [1] The present list ranks laureates under the country/countries ...
"for his unique role in one of the poorest areas of Latin-America as a leader of the progressive minority of the Catholic Church and leading spokesman for non-violent methods to further social change where has played an important international role by contributing to a greater understanding in industrialized countries of the social reality in ...
Winners are given a medal, a personal diploma, and a cash award of about $1.1 million. Established by Alfred Nobel in 1901, past laureates have included Albert Einstein , Marie Curie , and the Rev ...
Nobel died in 1895 but it took until 1901, following a legal battle over his will, before the first prizes were awarded. Nobel named the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to award the prizes for ...
Pages in category "Lists of Nobel laureates by religion" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. [12] She was also the first person (male or female) to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the second award being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, given in 1911. [11]
Here’s a list of potential Nobel Peace Prize winners based on the odds from the Nicerodds.co.uk betting site and the annual shortlist created by Henrik Urdal, director of the Peace Research ...