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1905

Nobel Prize Winners

5 laureates honored across 5 categories in the 5th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
5
Categories
05
Countries
03
Ceremony
5th Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

1 Laureate

Philipp Lenard

Germany

“for his work on cathode rays”

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Adolf von Baeyer

Germany

“in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds”

Physiology or Medicine

Robert Koch

Germany

“for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis”

Literature

1 Laureate

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Poland

“because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer”

Peace

1 Laureate

Bertha von Suttner

Austria

“for her audacity to oppose the horrors of war”

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