Nobel
- Al·fred Bern·hard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/, 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
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Contemporary Examples of nobel
“It was Stephen Hawking and five other Nobel laureates,” Krauss recalled.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen HawkingM.L. Nestel
January 8, 2015
This week, on December 10th, Human Rights Day, she will receive the Nobel Prize—the youngest person ever to be honored.
He may have been telling the truth when, on hearing that Saul Bellow won the Nobel Prize, he remarked, “Never heard of him.”
Second, the Nobel Prize for economics went to Jean Tirole, who studies how to regulate politically powerful companies.
On December 10, 1964, when he received the Nobel Peace Prize, he knew the world was watching.
Historical Examples of nobel
Finsen was given the Nobel prize partly for re-discovery of this.
Old-Time Makers of MedicineJames J. Walsh
The Nobel Peace Prize of a medal and $40,000 was awarded to him.
Theodore Roosevelt and His TimesHarold Howland
And to have the Nobel Prize confirm them would alienate every doctor in the world.
A Prize for EdieJesse Franklin Bone
The Nobel Prize consisted of a diploma, and an award in money of $40,000.
Theodore RooseveltEdmund Lester Pearson
The Nobel prize does not add to the stature of a man, but it does elevate him to a pulpit.
Six Major ProphetsEdwin Emery Slosson
Nobel
- Alfred Bernhard (ˈalfreːd ˈbæːrnhard). 1833–96, Swedish chemist and philanthropist, noted for his invention of dynamite (1866) and his bequest founding the Nobel prizes
Word Origin and History for nobel
Nobel
1900, in reference to five prizes (in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace) established in the will of Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), Swedish chemist and engineer, inventor of dynamite. A sixth prize, in economics, was added in 1969. Related: Nobelist.