NOBEL PRIZES 



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NOBILITY 



the faculty of medicine in Stockholm; the 

 prize for literature by the Swedish Academy 

 of Literature in Stockholm; the peace prize by 

 a committee of five elected by the Norwegian 



The following list gives the recipients of the 

 prizes from 1901 through 1916. No peace prize 

 was awarded in 1914, nor in any year during the 

 continuance of the War of the Nations. 



A.. American: Aus.. Austrian; B.. Belgian; Beng.. Bengalese ; D.. Dutch; E., English F I : nidi: 

 G., German ; I.. Italian ; N.. Norwegian ; P., Polish ; R, Russian ; Sp., Spanish ; Swe., Swedish ; Swi.. 



Authoritative Informatl'm <!]. -.-mlng the conditions governing the award of prices may be ob- 

 tained by writing to the Board of Directors, Nobel Institute, Stockholm. 



Storthing (Parliament). Direct applications for 

 tin prizes arc not permitted, but candidates 

 must be proposed by some person duly qu.tli- 



iml tin- pr'>j.n-:.| must be in writing. Only 



appeared in print and 



that have br i 1>\ tin- test of experi- 



or !> fh- rvimm.it inn of experts" are con- 

 ..... d by a board 



of directors elected by fifteen deputies ap- 

 pointed by the awarding authorities. The 

 board holds office for two years. 



NOBILITY, nobU'iti. The nobility in a 

 country constitutes a distinct class, bora to the 

 enjoyment of certain privileges, which may be 

 of substantial value or of little material worth. 

 but they are not necessarily political, 

 foundation on which ancient nobility rested 

 was everywhere the same The stage of de- 

 velopment reached in the different countries of 

 >pc presents a puiiling mass of divergent 

 results. Conquest was an influential fact. 

 shaping the origin of privileged classes, hence 



