Nobel Peace Prize 1901
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Jean Henry Dunant
Prize share: 1/2
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.
Frédéric Passy
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Peace Prize 1901 was divided equally between Jean Henry Dunant "for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding" and Frédéric Passy "for his lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration"
Learn more about X-rays
X-rays were discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, who received the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. Several important discoveries have been made using X-rays. These penetrating rays are also used in many applications. Learn more here.
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