1905 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer

in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds

Literature

Henryk Sienkiewicz

because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer

Peace

Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, née Countess Kinsky von Chinic und Tettau

for her audacity to oppose the horrors of war

Physics

Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard

for his work on cathode rays

Physiology or Medicine

Robert Koch

for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis