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Chemistry

Sir William Ramsay, 1904 - discovery of the noble gases.

Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd of Trumpington, 1957- research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes.

Economics

Sir James Alexander Mirrlees, 1996 - papers on economic models.

Peace

Arthur Henderson, 1934 - worked with the World League of Peace and chaired the Geneva Disarmament Conference.

John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, 1949 - for advocating a world food policy based on human needs rather than trade interests.

Physics

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, 1927 - for his invention of the cloud chamber.

Physiology/Medicine

John J R MacLeod, 1928 - one of the co-discoverers of insulin.

Sir Alexander Fleming, 1945 - discovery of the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the antibiotic substance penicillin from the mold Penicillium notatum in 1928.

Sir James Black, 1988 - for work leading to the development of beta blockers propranolol and cimetidine for the treatment of Heart disease and stomach ulcers respectively.

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At least 9 Scots have won the Nobel prize:

Sir William Ramsay - Chemistry, 1904

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson - Physics, 1927

John J.R. MacLeod - Medicine, 1928

Arthur Henderson - Peace, 1934

Sir Alexander Fleming - Medicine, 1945

John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr - Peace, 1949

A.R. Todd, Baron Todd of Trumpington - Chemistry, 1957

Sir James Black - Medicine, 1988

Sir James Alexander Mirrlees - Economics, 1996

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There have been 14 Irish individuals who have won the Nobel Prize, including individuals who were born in Ireland or of Irish descent.

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William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Luigi Pirandello, Eugene O'Neill, Samuel Beckett, Dario Fo and Harold Pinter

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