Nobel Prize

Hendrik A. Lorentz’ speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1902 (in German) Königliche Hoheiten, Meine Herren! Gestatten Sie mir, für die hohe mir heute erwiesene Ehre meinen wärmsten und herzlichsten Dank auszusprechen, und Ihnen zu sagen, dass ich auf die mir zum Teil gewordene Anerkennung den grössten Wert lege, weil sie mir…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1902 The Theory of Electrons and the Propagation of Light When Professor Zeeman and I received the news of the great honour of the high distinction awarded to us, we immediately began to consider how we could best divide our roles with respect to our addresses. Professor Zeeman was first to…

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Elie Ducommun (February 19, 1833-December 7, 1906), Swiss journalist, eloquent lecturer, business executive, steadfast advocate of peace, was born in Geneva, the son of a clock maker whose original home was in Neuchâtel. Early in his boyhood he gave evidence of his capacity to make the most of his remarkable talent and intelligence by intense…

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Charles Albert Gobat (May 21, 1843-March 16, 1914) was born at Tramelan, Switzerland, the son of a Protestant pastor and the nephew of Samuel Gobat, a missionary who became bishop of Jerusalem. A brilliant student, he studied at the Universities of Basel, Heidelberg, Bern, and Paris, taking his doctorate in law, summa cum laude, from…