Nobel Prize

The Nansen International Office for Refugees was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for having carried on the relief work of Fridtjof Nansen to the benefit of refugees across Europe. Full name: Nansen International Office for RefugeesNative name: Office international Nansen pour les RéfugiésFounded: 1921, in Geneva, SwitzerlandDate awarded: 17 November 1938 The Legacy of Fridtjof Nansen…

Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double bonds and biological mechanisms On October 1, 1929, became first of the four KWImF research directors to move into the new laboratory on the banks of the Neckar River. At twenty-eight years of age, he was also by far the youngest. In addition to a growing reputation as…

Links to other sites Video From the Merv Griffin Show 1966: Pearl S. Buck talks with Merv Griffin about her newest book, her charity work helping Asian orphans fathered by US servicemen, communism in China and her new book ideas.

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1945 The Part Played by Vascular Presso- and Chemo-Receptors in Respiratory Control Pdf 180 kB

Corneille Heymans’ speech from the ceremony in Ghent, Belgium, where the prize was distributed, January 16, 1940 (in Dutch) Mevrouw! Bij de overweldigende indrukken, die deze dag voor mij en mijn Familie medebrengt, voegt de komst van Uwe Majesteit de onverwelkbare geheugenis van een Koninklijk-Moederlijke fijngevoeligheid van zuiverste gehalte. De Vorstin, Die nooit heeft opgehouden…

The Nansen International Office for Refugees, authorized by the League of Nations in the fall of 1930, began active operations on April 1, 1931. This office was the successor of the first international agency dealing with refugees, the High Commission for Refugees, established by the League of Nations under the direction of (q.v.) on June…

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Nobel Address, December 10, 1938 The Nansen International Office for Refugees On behalf of the Nansen International Office for Refugees, I have the honor to convey our greetings to the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament and our thanks for the honor and pleasure bestowed on the Office by their decision to award us the…

Richard Kuhn did not deliver a Nobel Lecture.

Selected works East Wind: West Wind. – New York : John Day, 1930 The Good Earth. – New York : John Day, 1931 Sons. – New York : John Day, 1932 The Young Revolutionist. – New York : Friendship, 1932 The First Wife and Other Stories. – New York : John Day, 1933 The Mother.…