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1901 in France

Explore 4 historical events and records for France in 1901.

Historical records for France in 1901

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December

Nobel Prize in Literature

Prudhomme, Sully ยท Stockholm ยท Author ยท Arts / Literature

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for idealistic and artistically accomplished poetry.

Other events (month unknown)

Meeting Raissa Oumansoff

Maritain, Jacques ยท Paris ยท Student ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Maritain meets Raissa Oumansoff while studying at the Sorbonne, beginning a lifelong intellectual partnership.

Nobel Prize

Passy, Frederick ยท Oslo ยท Warfare / Military

Shares the first Nobel Peace Prize for his long work in the international peace movement.

Radium Effects

Curie, Pierre ยท Paris ยท Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Studies physiological effects of radium with medical collaborators.

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