1909 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

Wilhelm Ostwald

in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction

Literature

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf

in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings

Peace

Auguste Marie François Beernaert

for their prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration

Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Baron de Constant de Rebecque

for their prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration

Physics

Guglielmo Marconi

in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy

Karl Ferdinand Braun

in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy

Physiology or Medicine

Emil Theodor Kocher

for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland