1905
Henryk Sienkiewicz – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Bertha von Suttner – Speed read
Speed read
Bertha von Suttner was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous opposition to the horrors of war. Bertha von Suttner Full name: Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, née Countess Kinsky von Chinic und TettauBorn: 19 June 1843 in Prague, Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic)Died: 21 June 1914 in Vienna, AustriaDate awarded: 10 December 1905…
moreRobert Koch – Photo gallery
Photo gallery
Robert Koch (third from right) on a German medical expedition to Egypt to study the cholera epidemic, 1884. Robert Koch working in his laboratory at Kimberley, South Africa. Photogravure of gouache painting.
morePhilipp Lenard – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Henryk Sienkiewicz – Bibliography
Bibliography
Principal works in Polish Na marne. – Warsaw: Przeglad Tygodniowy, 1876 Listy z podrózy po Ameryce. – Warsaw: Gebethner & Wolff, 1880 Stary sŧuga; Hania; Szkice wêglem; Janko Muzykant. – Warsaw: Gebethner & Wolff, 1880 Latarnik; Niewola tatarska; Jamioŧ; Na jedna kartê; Bartek Zwyciêzca. – Warsaw: Gebethner & Wolff, 1882 Ogniem i mieczem. – 4…
moreHenryk Sienkiewicz – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Henryk Sienkiewicz’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1905 (Translation) Nations are represented by their poets and their writers in the open competition for the Nobel Prize. Consequently the award of the Prize by the glorifies not only the author but the people whose son he is, and it bears…
moreAdolf von Baeyer – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture