Physiology or Medicine
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet’s Address to the University Students on the Evening of December 10, 1960 Students! On behalf of my fellow laureates may I thank you most warmly for your tribute and good wishes. For all of us this is probably the greatest day of our lives – and for myself it has a…
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Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet – Nobel diploma
Nobel diploma
Artist: Bertha Svensson-Piehl Courtesy: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor the Count K.A.H. Mörner, Rector of the , on December 10, 1901 Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The interest in medical science which was expressed in Alfred Nobel’s will must have sprung from two roots. His heart was warmly inclined towards everything which could be of use and benefit to…
moreKeffer Hartline – Biographical
Biographical
Haldan Keffer Hartline was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, on December 22nd, 1903. His parents were teachers there in the State Normal School (now Bloomsburg State College) where he received his early education. His father, Daniel S. Hartline, was Professor of Biology, but a man whose wide interests also included Astronomy and Geology. It was through…
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Keffer Hartline – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Keffer Hartline – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Keffer Hartline’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1967 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: I wish I could adequately express my feelings of pleasure and deep gratitude for this great honor that has come to me. But of course this is impossible – one cannot convey one’s personal feelings…
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