Nobel Prize Winners of 1925

In 1925, 6 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 4 categories: Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.

1925 - Chemistry

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy - Male - 61 years

Birth country: Austria

Motivation: for his demonstration of the heterogenous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used, which have since become fundamental in modern colloid chemistry

Affiliation: Goettingen University - Germany

1925 - Literature

George Bernard Shaw - Male - 70 years

Birth country: Ireland

Motivation: for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty

1925 - Peace

Sir Austen Chamberlain - Male - 63 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for his crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty

Charles Gates Dawes - Male - 61 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his crucial role in bringing about the Dawes Plan

1925 - Physics

James Franck - Male - 44 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom

Affiliation: Goettingen University - Germany

Gustav Ludwig Hertz - Male - 39 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom

Affiliation: Halle University - Germany

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