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Praising the Tall Poppy ~ Celebrating Our Heroes
The Nobel Prize is considered the most prestigious prize in the world and receives worldwide coverage by the print media, radio and television.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996
The prize was awarded jointly to Peter C. Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence.
Peter C. Doherty
1940 - (born in Australia)
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975
The prize was divided equally for Sir John Warcup Cornforth's work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed
reactions and Vladimir Prelog's research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions.
Sir John Warcup Cornforth
7 Sept. 1917 - (born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
University of Sussex, Brighton, Great Britain
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1973
The prize was awarded to Patrick White for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature.
Patrick White
1912 - 1990 (born in London, Great Britain to Australian parents)
Australia
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963
The prize was awarded jointly to Sir John Carew Eccles, Sir Alan Hodgkin and Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley for
their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane.
Sir John Carew Eccles
1903 - 1997 (born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960
The prize was awarded jointly to Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet and Sir Peter
Brian Medawar for their discovery of acquired immunological tolerance.
Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet
1899 - 1985 (born in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia)
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945
The prize was awarded jointly to Lord Howard Walter Florey, Sir Alexander Fleming, and Sir Ernst Boris
Chain for their discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases.
Lord Howard Walter Florey
1898 - 1968 (born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
Oxford University, Great Britain
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915
The prize was awarded jointly to Sir William Lawrence Brag and his father Sir William Henry Bragg for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays.
Sir William Lawrence Bragg
1890 - 1971 (born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
Victoria University, Manchester, Great Britain
More Information
The Official Website of the Nobel Foundation
http://www.nobel.se/
The awarding ceremony for the Nobel Prize winners takes place each year on the 10th of December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. Alfred Nobel was a the Swedish-born inventor and international industrialist.
The festival day of the Nobel Foundation takes place at the Stockholm Concert Hall (Stockholms Konserthus) in Sweden. His Majesty the King of Sweden, hands each Nobel Laureate a diploma, a medal and a document confirming the Prize amount.
The Monetary Prize
In 1997 the amount awarded totalled SEK 7.5 million (about 1 million in US dollars) per full Prize. The amount varies because it comes from the interest earned from the fund created from the estate of Alfred Nobel.
The Banquet
After the Ceremony, Nobel Laureates and their families are honoured at the Nobel Banquet at the Stockholm City Hall (Stockholms Stadshus). Approximately 1,300 people attend the Banquet. Their Majesties the King and Queen and other members of the Royal Family of Sweden are guests of honour at both the Ceremony and the Nobel Banquet.
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