Nobel Prize

Artist: Sofia Gisberg Courtesy: Jacob van ‘t Hoff Collection, Ms. 74, Special Collections, The Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme (1839-1907) was the son of a French shopkeeper. He wanted to become an engineer, but an eye disease terminated his training at a polytechnic institute. He studied literature, and after a brief and unsuccessful interlude in industry, he took up law, though without much conviction, and worked in a solicitor’s office.…

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Emil Adolf Behring was born on March 15, 1854 at Hansdorf, Deutsch-Eylau as the eldest son of the second marriage of a schoolmaster with a total of 13 children. Since the family could not afford to keep Emil at a University, he entered, in 1874, the well-known Army Medical College at Berlin. This made his…

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Hors d´œuvre Suprême de barbue à la normande Filet de bœuf à l´impériale Gelinottes rôties, salade d´Estrée Succès Grand Hôtel, pâtisserie VINSNiersteiner 1897 Château Abbé Gorsse 1881 Champagne Crème de BouzyDoux et Extra Dry Xerez

Jean Henry Dunant’s life (May 8, 1828-October 30, 1910) is a study in contrasts. He was born into a wealthy home but died in a hospice; in middle age he juxtaposed great fame with total obscurity, and success in business with bankruptcy; in old age he was virtually exiled from the Genevan society of which…

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Frédéric Passy (May 20, 1822-June 12, 1912) was born in Paris and lived there his entire life of ninety years. The tradition of the French civil service was strong in Passy’s family, his uncle, Hippolyte Passy (1793-1880), rising to become a cabinet minister under both Louis Philippe and Louis Napoleon. Educated as a lawyer, Frédéric…