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1911

Nobel Prize Winners

6 laureates honored across 5 categories in the 11th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
6
Categories
05
Countries
06
Ceremony
11th Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

1 Laureate

Wilhelm Wien

Germany

for his discoveries regarding the laws governing the radiation of heat

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Marie Curie

Russia

in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element

Physiology or Medicine

Allvar Gullstrand

Sweden

for his work on the dioptrics of the eye

Literature

1 Laureate

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgium

in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations

Peace

2 Laureates

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