1925 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy

for his demonstration of the heterogenous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used, which have since become fundamental in modern colloid chemistry

Literature

George Bernard Shaw

for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty

Peace

Sir Austen Chamberlain

for his crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty

Charles Gates Dawes

for his crucial role in bringing about the Dawes Plan

Physics

James Franck

for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom

Gustav Ludwig Hertz