The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded 117 times to 200 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2025. Frederick Sanger and Barry Sharpless have both been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice. This means that a total of 198 individuals have received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Click on the links to get more information.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1909
“in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908
“for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1907
“for his biochemical researches and his discovery of cell-free fermentation”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1906
“in recognition of the great services rendered by him in his investigation and isolation of the element fluorine, and for the adoption in the service of science of the electric furnace called after him”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1905
“in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1904
“in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903
“in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered to the advancement of chemistry by his electrolytic theory of dissociation”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1902
“in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his work on sugar and purine syntheses”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1901
“in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions”