Origin Of Nobel Prize - Read About Man Behind The Nobel Prize

Origin Of Nobel Prize - Alfred Nobel

 Nobel Prize is the greatest award of the world. Nobel Prize was started by the Nobel Foundation in the memory of Sweeden Scientist Alfred Nobel in 1901. Nobel Prize covered the field of peace, literature, medicine, physics, chemistry and economics. The condidate selected for Nobel Prize gets a Gold Medol, a Diploma and a sum of money decided by Nobel Foundation yearly. 

Alfred Nobel did total 355 inventions, the invention of dynamite was a great achivement in 1867. Before his death in Dec 1896, he kept safe his great amount of money for a foundation. He wished the person should be honoured every year with its interest who did the greatest service for the world. Nobel Foundation offers Nobel Prize for Peace, Liteature, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Economics every year with the interest of this fund deposited in Swedish Bank. Nobel Foundation established on 29th June 1900 and started Nobel Prize distribution from 1901. 

The First Nobel Peace Prize was given to Henry Dunant (Founder of Red Cross) and Frederic Passy (Co-founder of Inter-Parliamentary Union) Official Site of Nobel Foundation http://www.nobelprize.org/

Nobel Prize Winners of 1901

 The Nobel Prize in Physics  -                         Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry -                      Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine -  Emil Adolf von Behring
The Nobel Prize in Literature -                       Sully Prudhomme
The Nobel Peace Prize -                                Jean Henry Dunant, Frédéric Passy