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Although hostilities came to…
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(Encyclopedia) Nobel Prizes
Year
Peace
Chemistry
Physics
Physiology or Medicine
Literature
1901
J. H. Dunant
Frédéric Passy
J. H. van't Hoff
W. C. Roentgen
E. A. von Behring
R. F. A. Sully-…
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