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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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