Nobel Prize

Herbert S. Gasser’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1945 Your Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The pleasure of the moment could only be augmented had it been possible for more of the group of which I am a member to have been able to accept the invitation to be here…

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…

Albert Szent-Györgyi’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1937 Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: The first feeling of any guest, treated in this princely fashion can be no other than that of profound gratitude. To my mind, however, this magnificent celebration is much more than the expression of the splendid hospitality of…

Hans Spemann’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1935 (in German) Königliche Höhheiten! Meine Damen und Herrn! Wenn ich heute die höchste wissenschaftliche Ehrung, welche die moderne Kulturwelt kennt, dankbar bewegten Herzens aus der Hand von Schwedens König entgegennahm, tat ich es nicht für mich allein. Ich stehe hier für einen Freundeskreis,…

George H. Whipple’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1934 Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: To this distinguished company I wish to express my most sincere appreciation not only for the Nobel Award but for the generous hospitality and friendly interest shown Mrs. Whipple and myself. For generous words of praise…

William P. Murphy’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1934 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: As Alfred Nobel has been characterised as the typical Swede, so also was he a roamer. Always a courier of good-will his wanderings took him to France, England, Russia, Spain, Denmark, Italy and to…

George R. Minot’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1934 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: Medicine disregards international boundaries. The physician studies for the benefit of mankind. Alfred Nobel, by the expression of his lofty ideals, has recognized the importance of science and creative accomplishments in augmenting human happiness.…

Telegram from Thomas Hunt Morgan, read by Mr. Steinhardt, Minister of the United States, at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1933 It is with great regret that I am unable to be present at the award of the Nobel prizes. Circumstances here in connection with the establishment of a new group in physiology…

Edgar Adrian’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1932 Your Royal Highness, your Excellencies, my Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen In my College at Cambridge – Trinity College – all of us know of Stockholm as the beautiful capital of a country which has a great history and is now in the forefront…

Otto Warburg’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1931 (in German) Königliche Hoheiten, meine Damen und Herren! Einar Hammarsten hat vor wenigen Stunden auseinandergesetzt, was die Atmung der lebendigen Substanz ist und worauf sie chemisch beruht. Spuren einer Schwermetallverbindung übertragen in lebenden Zellen den Sauerstoff und machen damit die Kräfte für das…