Sir J. Fraser Stoddart
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1 (of 14) Sir J. Fraser Stoddart receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2016.
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2 (of 14) Sir J. Fraser Stoddart after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2016.
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Nobel Laureates at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. Far right: Medicine Laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi. From left: Chemistry Laureates Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa. Far right: Medicine Laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi.
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4 (of 14) Overview from the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2016.
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Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Elisabeth Bootsma, Partner of Chemistry Laureate Benard L. Feringa at the table of honour at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2016.
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Sir J. Fraser Stoddart delivering his banquet speech at the Nobel Banquet.
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Sir J. Fraser Stoddart takes a look in the Nobel Foundation's guest book, signed by the Laureates since 1952, during his visit to the Nobel Foundation on 12 December 2016.
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Sir J. Fraser Stoddart takes a closer look at his Nobel Medal during his visit to the Nobel Foundation on 12 December 2016. On this occasion, the Laureates retrieve the Nobel diploma and Medal, which have been displayed in the Golden Hall of the City Hall following the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. The Laureates also discuss the details concerning the transfer of their prize money.
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Sir J. Fraser Stoddart showing his Nobel Medal.
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Nine of the eleven Nobel Laureates of 2016 assembled at the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm on 12 December 2016. From left: Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Michael Kosterlitz, David J. Thouless, Oliver Hart, F. Duncan M. Haldane, Bengt Holmström, Bernard L. Feringa, Yoshinori Ohsumi and Sir J. Fraser Stoddart.
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Sir J. Fraser Stoddart presenting his gift to the Nobel Museum's collection: a model of a rotaxane, at the 2016 Nobel Laureates' Get together on 6 December 2016.
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12 (of 14) Like many Nobel Laureates before him, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart autographs a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm.
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Sir J. Fraser Stoddart with his grandchildren, children of relatives and friends showing his autographed chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm.
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14 (of 14) Portrait of Sir J. Fraser Stoddart. Photo taken at the University of Edinburgh in April 2016.
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.