1909 Nobel Prize

7

laureates

5

fields

1909

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1909 Nobel Prize in Physics

for their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy

Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi

Kingdom of ItalyKingdom of Italy

Karl Ferdinand Braun
Karl Ferdinand Braun

German EmpireGerman Empire

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1909 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction

Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald
Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald

German EmpireGerman Empire

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland

Emil Theodor Kocher
Emil Theodor Kocher

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1909 Nobel Prize in Literature

in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings

Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf

SwedenSweden

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1909 Nobel Peace Prize (1)

for serving as a delegate to two Hague Peace Conferences and for leading the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Auguste Beernaert
Auguste Beernaert

BelgiumBelgium

1909 Nobel Peace Prize (2)

for his distinguished diplomatic achievements in international arbitration to foster Anglo-French and Franco-German understanding

Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant
Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant

FranceFrance