Elias James Corey
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1 (of 5) Elias James Corey receiving his prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, on 10 December 1990.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
2 (of 5) All 1990 Nobel Prize laureates assembled on stage at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 1990: physics laureates Jerome I. Friedman, Henry W. Kendall and Richard E. Taylor, Chemistry laureate Elias James Corey, medicine laureates Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas, literature laureate Octavio Paz and economic sciences laureates Harry M. Markowitz, Merton H. Miller and William F. Sharpe.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
3 (of 5) Elias James Corey talking to HM Queen Silvia of Sweden at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, on 10 December 1990.
© Svensk Reportagetjänst 1990 Photo: Boo Jonsson
4 (of 5) Elias James Corey and HM Queen Silvia of Sweden at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, on 10 December 1990.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
5 (of 5) Elias James Corey photographed during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 1990.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
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.