1981

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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting the fundamental rights of refugees. Full name: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesNative name: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesFounded: 14 December 1950, Geneva, SwitzerlandDate awarded: 14 October 1981 Awarded the…

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Banquet speech

Nicolaas Bloembergen’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1981 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a privilege to address you on behalf of all three recipients of the 1981 Nobel award in physics. The reason that I have been chosen as spokesman is not clear; it would not be effective…

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Biographical

My parents, Auke Bloembergen and Sophia Maria Quint, had four sons and two daughters. I am the second child, born on March 11, 1920, in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. My father, a chemical engineer, was an executive in a chemical fertilizer company. My mother, who had an advanced degree to teach French, devoted all her energies…

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Banquet speech

Torsten N. Wiesel’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1981 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a privilege and pleasure to speak on behalf of the three laureates in Physiology or Medicine, Roger Sperry, David Hubel, and myself. We wish to express our deep gratitude to all concerned for the…

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