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Nobel Prize

Switzerland · Science / Chemistry. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1913–2017Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1913

Alfred Werner1913

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on the linkage of atoms in molecules, especially inorganic compounds.

1937

Paul Karrer1937

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry, for carotenoids, flavins & vitamins a & b2

2017

Jacques Dubochet2017

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing cryo-electron microscopy for high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules.

Names involved

Alfred WernerJacques DubochetPaul Karrer

Provenance

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