John O'Keefe
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John O'Keefe receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2014.
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John O'Keefe after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2014.
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3 (of 19) John O'Keefe receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
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Nobel Laureates at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. From left: Physics Laureates Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura; Chemistry Laureates Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner; Medicine Laureates John O'Keefe and May-Britt Moser.
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John O'Keefe receiving his Nobel Prize. Overview from Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2014.
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John O'Keefe with his wife, Mrs Eileen O'Keefe, on stage after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.
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John O'Keefe with family and relatives on stage after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2014.
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8 (of 19) John O'Keefe arrives at the Nobel Banquet together with his wife, Professor Eileen O'Keefe, 10 December 2014.
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Dr Na Ji, spouse of Nobel Laureate Eric Betzig, and John O'Keefe at the table of honour at the Nobel Banquet.
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John O'Keefe delivering his banquet speech after the dinner.
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11 (of 19) John O'Keefe delivering his banquet speech.
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12 (of 19) Members of the Swedish Royal Family receive the Laureates and their significant others in the Prince's Gallery after the Nobel Banquet. From left to right: John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser, Her Majesty Queen Silvia, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Edvard I. Moser and and Professor Eileen O'Keefe.
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John O'Keefe surrounded by relatives during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2014.
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14 (of 19) John O'Keefe delivering his Nobel Lecture at Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, on 7 December 2014.
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15 (of 19) All three Medicine Laureates assembled at the stage of the Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, on 7 December 2014.
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16 (of 19) Like many Nobel Laureates before him, John O'Keefe autographs a chair at Bistro Nobel at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2014.
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John O'Keefe at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, on 6 December 2014.
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John O'Keefe arriving at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, for the 2014 Nobel Laureates' Get together on 6 December 2014.
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19 (of 19) Portrait of John O'Keefe.
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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.