- Alfred Nobel’s will stated that the prizes should be awarded to “those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.”
- A Swedish inventor, Alfred Nobel, first initiated the establishment of the Nobel Prize in 1895. The first prizes were awarded in 1901, for the fame heroism and...
- In fact, 17 of the 29 scientists attending were or became Nobel Prize laureates – including Marie Skłodowska Curie, who was awarded the Nobel Prize twice.
- The Nobel Prize Internet Archive contains up-to-date information of all latest and past Nobel Prize laureates.
- What is the history of the Nobel Peace Prize?
- Nobel Prize, any of the prizes (five in number until 1969, when a sixth was added) that are awarded annually from a fund bequeathed by Alfred Nobel.
- History of Nobel Prize Day. Alfred Nobel was born to impoverished parents in Stockholm, but his father was a descendant of a very highly regarded Swedish...
- Nobel Prize is accorded each year in six different categories-- Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Economic Sciences and Peace.
- Sweden, the country where Alfred Nobel was born, has a strong tradition of honoring exceptional achievements through the Nobel Prizes.
- 01The Nobel Foundation founded the Nobel Prize in 1900. 02Wilhelm Röntgen, the discoverer of x-rays, received the first Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901.