94 people have won Nobel peace prize since it started in 1901.
The foundations for the Nobel prize was laid in 1895. Te Nobel prize did start in 1901.
The Nobel Prizes recognize people who discovered or invented a remarkable device (ex. an unknown element). Their prize would be one million dollars. *Fun fact, the Nobel Prize was started by, you guessed it, Mr. Nobel. He was inspired to start Nobel Prizes when he invented *BOOM* dynamite.
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and was concerned about its consequences and therefore he initiated the peace prize to enhance the prospects for peace for the world.
The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901, following the instructions in the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.
The Nobel Peace Prize is an international award given annually to individuals or groups who have made significant contributions to promoting peace. It was established in 1895 by the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.
· Kay Yow (basketball coach) · Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (Nobel Prize in Medicine)
Eugenics started in the US. It was supported by Carnegie, Stanford, Yale, Harvard, Nobel Prize winners, etc. Even Theodore R. supported it.
Norman Borlaug is widely credited as the "Father of the Green Revolution." It is estimated that his breakthrough advancements in agronomy saved upwards of one billion lives. For his efforts, he was presented the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. He is one of only five people in all of history to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. More can be found at http://www.worldfoodprize.org/about/borlaug.htm Norman Borlaug is widely credited as the "Father of the Green Revolution." It is estimated that his breakthrough advancements in agronomy saved upwards of one billion lives. For his efforts, he was presented the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. He is one of only five people in all of history to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. More can be found at http://www.worldfoodprize.org/about/borlaug.htm
Alfred Nobel was an inventor, chemist, and engineer from Sweden. He started the Nobel Prizes after a newspaper accidentally wrote a obituary about him and called him the merchant of death because of his invention of dynamite. He was concerned with how people would remember him when he really did die.
The current President Obama did not start any wars, although he did agree to increased military action in Afghanistan. In fact, he was awarded the Nobel Peace prize. Clinton did not start anything that I would call a waar. He was criticized by some for not intervening in Serbia.
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He is widely known for being one of the top German Biologists. He was one of the first ones to start studding the embryos of a fruit fly. For studies such as these he has won a few awards and one of those being a nobel prize.