Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920

Walther Hermann Nernst

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920 was awarded to Walther Hermann Nernst "in recognition of his work in thermochemistry"
Walther Nernst received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1921. During the selection process in 1920, the Nobel Committee for Chemistry decided that none of the year's nominations met the criteria as outlined in the will of Alfred Nobel. According to the Nobel Foundation's statutes, the Nobel Prize can in such a case be reserved until the following year, and this statute was then applied. Walther Nernst therefore received his Nobel Prize for 1920 one year later, in 1921.

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