nobel prizes
21Nobel Peace Prize — The Nobel Prize in Peace Awarded for Outstanding contributions in Peace Presented by Norwegian Nobel Committee Country Norway First awarded 1901 Official website …
22Nobel family — Petrus Olai Nobelius Seal The Nobel family is a prominent Swedish family closely related to the history both of Sweden and of Russia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its legacy includes its outstanding contributions to philanthropy and to the… …
23Nobel's will — ▪ Scandinavian legal document The following is the relevant portion of Alfred Bernhard Nobel s (Nobel, Alfred Bernhard) will establishing the Nobel Prizes:The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way: The… …
24Nobel prize — No|bel prize n one of the prizes given each year to people who have done important work in various types of activity. There are prizes for special achievements in ↑physics, chemistry, economics, literature, and peace. The Nobel prizes were… …
25Nobel Foundation — ▪ Scandinavian organization private institution founded in 1900 to coordinate the various provisions of the will of Alfred Nobel, in which he set aside funds to establish the Nobel Prizes (Nobel Prize). The foundation administers these… …
26Nobel Prize — [[t]noʊbe̱l pra͟ɪz[/t]] Nobel Prizes N COUNT: oft N for n A Nobel Prize is one of a set of prizes that are awarded each year to people who have done important work in science, literature, or economics, or for world peace. ...the Nobel Prize for… …
27Nobel , Alfred Bernhard — (1833–1896) Swedish chemist, engineer, and inventor Nobel left Stockholm, where he was born, in 1842 to join his father, an engineer, who had moved to St. Petersburg. He was taught chemistry by his tutors and spoke fluently in English, French,… …
28Nobel Prize — UK [nəʊˌbel ˈpraɪz] / US [noʊˌbel ˈpraɪz] noun [countable] Word forms Nobel Prize : singular Nobel Prize plural Nobel Prizes an international prize given each year for chemistry, physics, medicine, literature, economics, and for work towards… …
29Nobel — noun Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833 1896) • Syn: ↑Alfred Nobel, ↑Alfred Bernhard Nobel • Instance Hypernyms: ↑chemist, ↑philanthropist, ↑altruist …
30Nobel, Alfred (Bernhard) — born Oct. 21, 1833, Stockholm, Swed. died Dec. 10, 1896, San Remo, Italy Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist. His attempts to find a safe way to handle nitroglycerin resulted in the invention of dynamite and the blasting cap. He built a… …
