Nobel Prize Laureates
126 People in sitter grouping:
The Nobel Prize is a set of international awards, presented annually to individuals by committees in Sweden and Norway. Established by the chemist and engineer Alfred Bernhard Nobel in 1895, the prize is awarded to those recognised for making advancements in the fields of Chemistry, Physics, literature and Peace. Since 1968, the central bank of Sweden has also awarded the prize for economic sciences. Each recipient of the award receives a gold medal, a monetary award and a diploma. 6 Nobel Prize Laureates have received the award twice, including the Biochemist Frederick Sanger. Marie Curie was the first female Laureate and received the award in both categories of physics and chemistry.
Peace campaigner and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize; journalist; author; lecturer; Labour politician; MP for Bradford North
Sitter in 20 portraits
Scientist, doctor and Nobel Prize winner; discoverer of insulin
Sitter in 6 portraits
Physicist; government and military advisor; recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics
Sitter in 26 portraits
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
1864-1958Statesman; a creator of the League of Nations
Sitter in 31 portraits
Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain
1863-1937Politician; recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize; son of Joseph Chamberlain
Sitter in 55 portraits
Co-Founder, Northern Ireland Peace Movement, later Community of the Peace People; recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Sitter in 2 portraits
Director, Cardiff School of Biosciences, and Professor of Mammalian Genetics, University of Cardiff
Sitter in 2 portraits
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