Nobel Prize Winners of 1910

In 1910, 5 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.

1910 - Chemistry

Otto Wallach - Male - 63 years

Birth country: Russia

Motivation: in recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds

Affiliation: Goettingen University - Germany

1910 - Literature

Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse - Male - 80 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories

1910 - Medicine

Albrecht Kossel - Male - 57 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: in recognition of the contributions to our knowledge of cell chemistry made through his work on proteins, including the nucleic substances

Affiliation: University of Heidelberg - Germany

1910 - Peace

Organization: Permanent International Peace Bureau

Country of Origin: Switzerland

Motivation: for acting as a link between the peace societies of the various countries, and helping them to organize the world rallies of the international peace movement

1910 - Physics

Johannes Diderik van der Waals - Male - 72 years

Birth country: the Netherlands

Motivation: for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids

Affiliation: Amsterdam University - the Netherlands

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