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Established through a fund set up with the fortune Alfred Nobel bequeathed in his last will, the Nobel prizes have been ...

In 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace – the Nobel ...

Alfred Nobel specified that the awarding decision ... According to the scientist’s last will, this prize if being awarded in Oslo, not Stockholm, unlike other awards, established under his ...

The Nobel prizes were established in 1901 to acknowledge achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and in fostering peace. Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of ...

The Nobel Prize season ended last month when winners of the six different ... each worth 10 million Swedish kronor ($917,000), are named after Alfred Nobel, a wealthy Swedish industrialist who ...

But ever since last February a subcommittee of five members ... In his handwritten will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that “no consideration whatever be paid to the nationality of the candidate ...