1945
Sir Alexander Fleming – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Sir Alexander Fleming’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1945 For many years I have read of people getting the Nobel Prize. Then I always regarded them as a superior class to which it was almost impossible to aspire. Now suddenly I find myself in that class and I wonder whether they…
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Sir Howard Florey – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Sir Alexander Fleming – Questions and answers
Questions and Answers
Question: When was Sir Alexander Fleming born?Answer: Fleming was born on 6 August 1881 at Lochfield Farm near Darvel, Scotland. Question: When did he die?Answer: Fleming died of a heart attack on 11 March 1955 in London, United Kingdom. He was cremated and his ashes were interred at St Paul’s Cathedral. Question: Who were his…
moreErnst B. Chain – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Ernst B. Chain’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1945 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I should like to express to you my deep gratitude for the very great honour conferred on me by the award of a Nobel prize which has come to be regarded universally as the…
moreErnst B. Chain – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Sir Alexander Fleming – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Gabriela Mistral – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Gabriela Mistral’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1945 (Translation) Today Sweden turns toward a distant Latin American country to honour it in the person of one of the many exponents of its culture. It would have pleased the cosmopolitan spirit of Alfred Nobel to extend the scope…
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