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1921

Nobel Prize Winners

5 laureates honored across 4 categories in the 21st Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
5
Categories
04
Countries
05
Ceremony
21st Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

1 Laureate

Albert Einstein

Austria

for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Frederick Soddy

United Kingdom

for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes

Literature

1 Laureate

Anatole France

France

in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament

Peace

2 Laureates

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