Records of Nobel prizes

Portrait of Alfred Bernhard Nobel
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In 1895, the Swedish scholar Alfred Bernhard Nobel made a will, stating: the whole fortune he left worth nearly 70 million Swedish kronor will be made into a fund for an annual award named after him, to awarded to "those who, in the previous year, were judged to have made the most practical contribution to humanity".

After AB Nobel died on December 10, 1896, according to his wish, the Nobel Prize Foundation was founded in 1900.

The first Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901.

Nobel Prizes are decided in the middle of October every year and the Medal Ceremony and the check takes place on December 10 with the same year and anniversary.

As a rule, the Nobel Prize is awarded to physicists, chemists, physicians, writers and peace activists considered the world's most eminent Nobel Prizes of the Year.

To date, the Nobel Prize Organization has a history of 106 years (1900-2006). In the past 106 years, the Nobel Prize has had many established records.

Young scientists win Nobel prizes (for each subject):

- Nobel Prize in Physics:

+ William Lawrence Bragg, 25 years old (won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915);
+ Marie Curie Sklodowska, 36 years old (won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903).

- Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine :

+ Frederick Grant Banting, 32 years old (won the Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine in 1923).

- Nobel Prize in Chemistry:

+ Koichi Tanaka, 33 years old (won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000);
+ Frédéric Joliot, 35 and Irène Curie Joliot, 38 years old (won the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry).

- Nobel Peace Prize:

+ Rigoberta Menchu Tum, 33 years old (won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992).

- Nobel Prize for Literature:

+ Rudyard Kipling 42, age (won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907).

Elderly scientists won the Nobel Prize (for each subject):

- Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine:

+ Francis Peyton Rous, 87 years old (won the Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine in 1966);
+ Karl von Frisch, 87 years old (won the Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine in 1973).

- Nobel Prize in Physics:

+ Vitaly L. Ginzburg, 87 years old (won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics);
+ Pyotr L. Kapitsa, 84 years old (won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978).

- Nobel Peace Prize:

+ Ferdinand Buisson, 86 years old (won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1927).

- Nobel Prize for Literature:

+ Theodor Mommsen is 85 years old (won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1902).

- Nobel Prize in Chemistry:

+ Charles J. Perdersen, 83 years old (won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987).

The average age of Nobel Prize winners (for each subject):

- Nobel Prize in Chemistry : Average 54.24 years old

- Nobel Prize for Literature : Average 63.68 years old

- Nobel Peace Prize : Average 62.31 years old

- Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine : Average 55.88 years old

- Nobel Prize in Physics : Average 51,22 years old

* Average total for all subjects: 57.46 years old

The couple won many Nobel prizes

Picture 3 of Records of Nobel prizes

The female scientist Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911) - (Photo: achievements.org)

- Curie family: Scientist Pierre Curie and his wife Marie Curie are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903).

- Joliot family : Scientist Frédéric Joliot and his wife Irène (the daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie) won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1935).

- Ferdinand family : Scientist Karl Ferdinand and his wife, scientist Gerty Theresa, won the Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine (1947).

- Myrdal Family: Scientist Gunnar Myrdal won the Nobel Prize in Economics (1974) and his wife, Alva Myrdal, the Nobel Peace Prize winner (1982).

Scientists and son-in-law won the Nobel Prize:

- The scientist Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903), the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911) and her son-in-law, scientist Frédéric Joliot, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1935).

- Scientist Heinrich Wieland won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1927) and his son-in-law Feodor Lynen won the Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine (1964).

- Scientist John Howars Northrop won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1946) and his son-in-law, Frederic Chapman Robbins, won the Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine (1954).

- Scientist Peyton Rous won the Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine (1966) and his son-in-law, scientist Alan Hodgkin, won the Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine (1963).

You won the Nobel Prize:

Scientist Jan Tinbergen won the Nobel Prize in Economics (1969) and his younger brother scientist Nikolaas Tinberge won the Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine (1973).

Father and son, mother and child won the Nobel Prize:

- Thomson family : Joseph Thomson scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1906) and his son George Paget Thomson won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1937).

- Curie family : The scientific scientist Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (in 1911) and her son Irène Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1935).

- Bragg family : scientist William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence Bragg and the Nobel Prize for Physics (1915).

- Bohr family : Scientist Niels Bohr won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1922) and his son Aage Bohr won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1975).

- Siegbahn family : Mann Siegbahn scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1924) and his son Kai Siegbahn scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1981).

- Euler family : Scientist Hans von Euler - Chelpin won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1929) and his son Ulf von Euler won the Nobel Prize in Biology and Medicine (1970).

- Kornberg family : Scientist Arthur Kornberg won the Nobel Prize in Medicine (1959) and his son, scientist Roger Kornberg, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2006).

Twice scientists win Nobel prizes:

- Marie Curie: