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1902

Nobel Prize Winners

7 laureates honored across 5 categories in the 2nd Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
7
Categories
05
Countries
04
Ceremony
2nd Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

2 Laureates

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Emil Fischer

Germany

in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his work on sugar and purine syntheses

Physiology or Medicine

Ronald Ross

United Kingdom

for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it

Literature

1 Laureate

Theodor Mommsen

Germany

the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, <I>A history of Rome</I>

Peace

2 Laureates

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