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4. A Hundred Years Ago -
The 1912 Nobel Prizes
What do we know about the year 1912? Some events that summarise 1912 are for instance, the Titanic struck an
iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, R F Scott reached the South Pole and the African National Congress was founded. On
10 December 1912, six Nobel Laureates were awarded the Nobel Prize. See who they were and what they did.
See a list of all 1912 Nobel Laureates
Invented New Flashing Apparatus
1912 PHYSICS PRIZEGustaf Dalén, the son of a farmer with a natural gift for mechanics, was awarded the Physics Prize
for inventing automatic regulators for light in lighthouses.
Watch a short documentary (in Swedish) from 1954, when a movie about Gustaf Dalén had its premiere in Stenstorp,
where Dalén was born.
Read more about Gustaf Dalén
Created Carbon Connections
1912 CHEMISTRY PRIZEVictor Grignard and Paul Sabatier started studying mathematics and physics, but turned to
chemistry and discovered new methods for linking molecules in organic processes.
Why Chemistry? See a video explaining why chemistry matters and is so important in our lives
Read more about the 1912 Chemistry Prize
5. Blood Vessel Sutures
1912 MEDICINE PRIZEAlexis Carrell was an experimental and innovative surgeon, who developed a technique for
sewing blood vessels together again. He received the Medicine Prize the first year he was nominated for it - a rare
occasion in the Nobel Prize history.
Watch Alexis Carrell coming to Stockholm for the award ceremony
Read more about the 1912 Medicine Prize
Keen Observations of Man
1912 LITERATURE PRIZEWhen Gerhart Hauptmann's play Before Sunrise was staged in Berlin it caused a big scandal -
it was thought very indecent. Nevertheless, 23 years later he was awarded the Literature Prize for his realistic
dramas, among others The Weavers.
Read Gerhart Hauptmann's account of his life
More about German Literature Laureates
Poster. Source: United States Library of Congress, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
6. Tried to Resolve Conflicts
1912 PEACE PRIZEElihu Root was a lawyer who became U.S. Secretary of War and Secretary of State, but he was
awarded the Peace Prize primarily for his strong interest in international arbitration and for his plan for a world court.
More about Elihu Root
Read why Elihu Root was awarded the Peace Prize
Elihu Root in his office. Photographer unknown. Source: DC Public Library
