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1920

Nobel Prize Winners

5 laureates honored across 5 categories in the 20th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
5
Categories
05
Countries
04
Ceremony
20th Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

1 Laureate

Charles Edouard Guillaume

France

in recognition of the service he has rendered to precision measurements in Physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Walther Nernst

Germany

in recognition of his work in thermochemistry

Physiology or Medicine

August Krogh

Denmark

for his discovery of the capillary motor regulating mechanism

Literature

1 Laureate

Knut Hamsun

Norway

for his monumental work, <I>Growth of the Soil</I>

Peace

1 Laureate

Léon Bourgeois

France

for his longstanding contribution to the cause of peace and justice and his prominent role in the establishment of the League of Nations

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