Johann Deisenhofer
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Physics laureates Leon M. Lederman, Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger and chemistry laureate Johann Deisenhofer at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 1988.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
From left: Chemistry laureate Johann Deisenhofer, Princess Christina of Sweden and physics laureate Leon M. Lederman at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1988.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
Physics laureates Melvin Schwartz, Jack Steinberger and Leon M. Lederman, chemistry laureates Robert Huber, Hartmut Michel and Johann Deisenhofer during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1988.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
The 1988 laureates assembled at the Swedish Academy, 1988. Back row from left: medicine laureate George H. Hitchings, chemistry laureate Johann Deisenhofer, medicine laureate Sir James W. Black, physics laureate Jack Steinberger, chemistry laureate Robert Huber, physics laureate Melvin Schwartz, chemistry laureate Hartmut Michel and physics laureate Leon M. Lederman. Seated are from left: laureate in economic sciences Maurice Allais, medicine laureate Gertrude B. Elion and Umm Kulthoum Mahfouz, daughter of literature laureate Naguib Mahfouz.
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 14 laureates' work and discoveries range from quantum tunnelling to promoting democratic rights.
See them all presented here.