1902 - Chemistry
Hermann Emil Fischer - Male - 50 years
Birth country: Germany
Motivation: in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his work on sugar and purine syntheses
Affiliation: Berlin University - Germany
Nobel Prize Winners of 1902
In 1902, 7 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 5 categories: Chemistry, Literature, Medicine, Peace, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.
1902 - Literature
Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen - Male - 84 years
Birth country: Germany
Motivation: the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, <I>A history of Rome</I>
1902 - Medicine
Ronald Ross - Male - 45 years
Birth country: India
Motivation: for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it
Affiliation: University College - United Kingdom
1902 - Peace
Élie Ducommun - Male - 69 years
Birth country: Switzerland
Motivation: for his untiring and skilful directorship of the Bern Peace Bureau
Charles Albert Gobat - Male - 59 years
Birth country: Switzerland
Motivation: for his eminently practical administration of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
1902 - Physics
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz - Male - 49 years
Birth country: the Netherlands
Motivation: in recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena
Affiliation: Leiden University - the Netherlands
Pieter Zeeman - Male - 37 years
Birth country: the Netherlands
Motivation: in recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena
Affiliation: Amsterdam University - the Netherlands
