Nobel Prize Winners of 1909

In 1909, 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.

1909 - Chemistry

Wilhelm Ostwald - Male - 56 years

Birth country: Latvia

Motivation: in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction

Affiliation: Leipzig University - Germany

1909 - Literature

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf - Female - 50 years

Birth country: Sweden

Motivation: in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings

1909 - Medicine

Emil Theodor Kocher - Male - 68 years

Birth country: Switzerland

Motivation: for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland

Affiliation: Berne University - Switzerland

1909 - Peace

Auguste Marie François Beernaert - Male - 80 years

Birth country: Belgium

Motivation: for their prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration

Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Baron de Constant de Rebecque - Male - 57 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: for their prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration

1909 - Physics

Guglielmo Marconi - Male - 35 years

Birth country: Italy

Motivation: in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy

Affiliation: Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd. - United Kingdom

Karl Ferdinand Braun - Male - 59 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy

Affiliation: Strasbourg University - France

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