Nobel Prize Winners of 1917: Full List of Laureates and Their Achievements

Peace - The 1917 Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded.

Physics - The 1917 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Charles Glover Barkla "for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements". Barkla's work on X-ray spectroscopy and the identification of element-specific X-ray signatures laid the foundation for the study of atomic structure and the development of X-ray crystallography.

Chemistry - The 1917 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Georges Urbain "for his discovery of the element lutetium (Lu)". Urbain's identification and isolation of lutetium, the last of the stable elements in the periodic table to be discovered, was a significant contribution to the understanding of the periodic system and the nature of the chemical elements.

Literature - The 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Karl Adolph Gjellerup and Henrik Pontoppidan "for their authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark". Gjellerup and Pontoppidan were recognized for their literary works that provided insightful portrayals of Danish society and culture.

Physiology or Medicine - The 1917 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was not awarded.

Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1917?

International Committee of the Red Cross won the Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Prize laureate for the efforts to take care of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war and their families.

Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917?

Henrik Pontoppidan and Karl Adolph Gjellerup won the Nobel Prize in Literature LIT - Danish journalist and author, nobel prize laureate (b. 1857).

What scientific breakthroughs were recognized by the Nobel Prizes in 1917?

Charles Glover Barkla won the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements.