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- [[Image:Norske nobelinstiutt 1.jpg|right|thumb|250 px|The Nobel Institute ... The Nobel Prizes are prizes instituted by the will of Alfred Bernhard ...34 KB (5,294 words) - 02:33, 16 November 2022
- who was the first to obtain an equation of state that describes the condition ... Johannes Diderik van der Waals was born in the Dutch city of Leiden ...10 KB (1,620 words) - 23:19, 22 June 2023
- He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked ... * List of Nobel laureates by country *List of refugees * Marie-Louise ...17 KB (2,352 words) - 21:30, 5 September 2023
- is arguably the most influential collection of poetry published in Russian ... painter and professor at the Moscow School of Painting, who converted to ...9 KB (1,413 words) - 18:30, 31 March 2023
- poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature ... known internationally after receiving the Nobel Prize. Her work has been ...21 KB (2,870 words) - 22:34, 27 July 2023
- 1934) was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 ... him to leave the country in 1933 because of his Jewish background, and ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 07:04, 15 April 2024
- writing in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 ... In September, 1874 he was sent to the Jesuit College of Sainte-Barbe ...15 KB (2,277 words) - 16:59, 7 November 2022
- He is famous for his successful application of the concept of microcredit ... empowered women, who represent 95 percent of the bank's clientele. ...18 KB (2,630 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- | awards = Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|1988 Nobel Prize in Literature ... | notableworks = Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye ...18 KB (2,615 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- (November 21, 1904 – July 24, 1991) was a Nobel Prize-winning Polish ... by Jews near Warsaw in Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, probably ...18 KB (2,895 words) - 18:52, 7 March 2024
- 19, 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature ... view the conflict between the two sides of his personality, the narrow ...14 KB (1,915 words) - 20:02, 26 July 2023
- 17, 1934) was a Spanish histologist (study of tissues) and physician who ... To observe the structure of individual neurons, Ramón y Cajal used ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 03:22, 23 December 2022
- a South African writer, political activist and Nobel laureate. the organization was banned. After the fall of the apartheid regime, the release ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 20:34, 13 February 2023
- Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman ... Värmland, Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. Lagerlöf was the daughter ...31 KB (4,475 words) - 21:12, 27 July 2023
- 17, 2013) was a British writer, author of novels including The Grass ... , when she was writing on the theme of radical social issues (to which ...22 KB (3,145 words) - 21:11, 26 March 2024
- rule," which predicts the number of phases that a substance can ... Josiah Willard Gibbs was the only son and the fourth of five children ...19 KB (2,786 words) - 05:25, 7 May 2024
- actor, and composer. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997 ... His most famous, The Accidental Death of an Anarchist, is based on events ...18 KB (2,675 words) - 21:43, 25 June 2022
- poet, journalist, and novelist and author of several best-sellers. Ironic ... supported liberal causes. He was a signatory of Emile Zola's manifesto ...18 KB (2,551 words) - 20:05, 29 June 2023
- Mother Teresa, in full Saint Teresa of Calcutta, (born Agnesa Gonxha ... Her supporters sometimes referred to her as the "Angel of Mercy ...24 KB (3,633 words) - 20:00, 15 March 2023
- Age circa 800 C.E. With the conversion of the land to Christianity around ... (late eighteenth century), the first writer of burlesque ballads; and August ...37 KB (5,478 words) - 16:22, 12 January 2024
- he became the first Englishman to earn the Nobel Prize for Literature. Kipling ... Despite Kipling's troubled history, he has contributed a number ...14 KB (2,319 words) - 17:43, 22 December 2022
- mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1922. He was also ... Niels Bohr is one of the most important scientists from Denmark; he ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 09:45, 11 March 2023
- in his writings, particularly the absurdity of existence in a brutal and apparently ... Though Camus’ work is often associated with that of another important ...25 KB (3,796 words) - 04:59, 17 June 2023
- a student leader. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature ... He is recognized as the leading architect of Burmese independence, and the ...17 KB (2,666 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- was an Egyptian novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He ... Born into a lower middle-class Muslim family in the Gamaleyya quarter ...20 KB (2,983 words) - 23:15, 10 November 2022
- 28, 1968) was a German chemist and a pioneer of radioactivity and radiochemistry ... 1879, in Frankfurt am Main, the youngest son of the glazier and entrepreneur ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- rights activist who served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. After ... including issues surrounding command of the military. However, Poland ...29 KB (4,198 words) - 18:50, 25 October 2022
- |name = University of Cambridge |latin_name = Universitas Cantabrigiensis Crest - flat.png|121px|Cambridge University coat of arms]] ...34 KB (4,989 words) - 13:06, 3 May 2023
- became the first Canadian to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the fourteenth ... and political cooperation among the nations of the world so that all benefit ...24 KB (3,567 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- 1912 – February 25, 1999) won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries ... , contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed ...29 KB (4,299 words) - 07:54, 24 January 2023
- |name=The University of Chicago | year=2007 | publisher=The University of Chicago | url= ...51 KB (7,192 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in ... continues to be a leader in several areas. Of particular note is its world ...28 KB (4,118 words) - 19:30, 4 May 2024
- raised in Norway, Undset had her first books of historical fiction published ... Ages, portrayed through the experiences of a woman from birth until death ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 19:59, 27 July 2023
- The beloved leader of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu ... his culture's traditions in the naming of his daughter. In Burmese historical ...32 KB (4,792 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- statesman. He was the ninth President of Israel, serving from 2007 to ... and led Alignment and Labor. At the time of his retirement in 2014, he ...47 KB (6,756 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- ), the capital city of Bavaria, Germany, is the third largest city ... After World War I, Munich became a hotbed of right-wing politics, ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- Lama, without any qualifiers. The fifth of 16 children of a farming family ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- he organized mass protests against the use of nuclear power. ... ntsofjapanliv00west/page/294 Giants of Japan: The Lives of Japan& ...45 KB (5,943 words) - 21:09, 28 September 2023
- March 2, 1931 - August 30, 2022) was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 ... Gorbachev was wildly popular in the West, largely because of the way ...27 KB (3,969 words) - 17:52, 9 November 2022
- Indian physicist, who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his ... Eventually, in 1891, he gained a Bachelors of Arts degree in physics at the ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 19:55, 24 November 2023
- |name = Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational ...42 KB (5,941 words) - 09:17, 10 March 2023
- was a British novelist, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature ... His mother, Mildred, was a supporter of the British Suffrage movement ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 12:13, 8 May 2023
- roots in his writing. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. His ... Saint Lucia, in the West Indies, the son of Alix (Maarlin) and Warwick Walcott. ...47 KB (6,423 words) - 09:51, 29 January 2024
- is widely regarded as the premier chemist of the twentieth century. He pioneered ... Pauling received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for his campaign against ...44 KB (6,490 words) - 04:18, 29 October 2022
- |name = University of Oxford |latin_name = Universitas ... uk/aboutoxford/history.shtml A Brief History of the University.] Retrieved ...35 KB (5,122 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- organization (NGO) with the stated purpose of campaigning for internationally ... shocked and angered to come across the story of two Portuguese students sentenced ...30 KB (4,487 words) - 00:59, 9 January 2023
- that name. In reality, the movement consists of several distinct organizations ... itself contributed towards the development of human consciousness of a world ...66 KB (10,055 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- in his native country, is considered one of the most significant authors ... for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in ...51 KB (8,034 words) - 07:37, 15 April 2024
- States, located in the north-central part of the state, near the junction ... Dallas is the main economic center of the 12 county Dallas, Fort Worth ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 18:06, 24 January 2024
- | prizes = Goethe Prize (1928)Nobel Peace Prize (1952) ... century as a humanitarian and advocate of peace. Schweitzer received ...33 KB (4,954 words) - 05:02, 17 June 2023
