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1908

Nobel Prize Winners

7 laureates honored across 5 categories in the 8th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
7
Categories
05
Countries
06
Ceremony
8th Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

1 Laureate

Gabriel Lippmann

France

for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Ernest Rutherford

New Zealand

for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances

Physiology or Medicine

Literature

1 Laureate

Rudolf Eucken

Germany

in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life

Peace

2 Laureates

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