1951
Pär Lagerkvist – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
English Pär Lagerkvist’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1951 (Translation) I wish to express my warm thanks to the for awarding me the Nobel Prize in Literature. This is so great an honour that one may be excused for asking oneself – have I really deserved it?…
morePär Lagerkvist – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Swedish Pär Lagerkvist’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1951 (in Swedish) »Ers Majestät, Ers Kungliga Högheter, mina damer och herrar. Jag ber att få varmt tacka för att den tilldelat mig årets Nobelpris i litteratur. Det är en så stor ära att man sannerligen har anledning fråga…
moreJohn Cockcroft – Biographical
Biographical
John Douglas Cockcroft was born at Todmorden, England, on May 27th, 1897. His family had for several generations been cotton manufacturers. He was educated at Todmorden Secondary School and studied mathematics at Manchester University under Horace Lamb in 1914-1915. After serving in the First World War in the Royal Field Artillery he returned to Manchester…
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