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10 December 1962: Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins of Great...

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10 December 1962

Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins of Great Britain were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with James D. Watson of the USA, for their work on DNA.

10 December 1963: Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin and Sir Andrew Fielding...

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10 December 1963

Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin and Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley from Great Britain were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for researching the ionic mechanisms of nerve cell membranes. The prize was shared with...

December 1964: Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize...

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December 1964

Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature but declined to accept it for personal and ideological reasons: the only person ever to do so.

10 December 1964: Dorothy Hodgkin of Great Britain was awarded...

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10 December 1964

Dorothy Hodgkin of Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries regarding the structures of important biochemical substances.

10 December 1966: Nelly Sachs was awarded the Nobel Prize in...

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10 December 1966

Nelly Sachs was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature jointly with Yosef Shmuel Agnon . The Nobel Foundation's joint award in 1966 recognized these two authors' writings about the cultural heritage of the Jewish people.

10 December 1967: Ronald George Wreyford Norrish and Sir George...

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10 December 1967

Ronald George Wreyford Norrish and Sir George Porter from Britain were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short...

10 December 1969: Sir Derek H. R. Barton from Great Britain...

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10 December 1969

Sir Derek H. R. Barton from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Barton shared the prize with Norway's Odd Hassel ; they were recognized for their contributions to the development of...

10 December 1970: Sir Bernard Katz from Great Britain was awarded...

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10 December 1970

Sir Bernard Katz from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The prize was shared with fellow physiologists Ulf von Euler and Julius Axelrod , and recognized their discoveries concerning the...

10 December 1971: Dennis Gabor from Great Britain was awarded...

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10 December 1971

Dennis Gabor from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing, and developing, the holographic method, which allowed for the retention of a wave-field's phase on a photographic plate.

10 December 1972: British scientists were awarded two Nobel...

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10 December 1972

British scientists were awarded two Nobel Prizes: in Physiology or Medicine, and in Economic Sciences.

10 December 1973: Three British scientists were awarded Nobel...

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10 December 1973

Three British scientists were awarded Nobel Prizes which they shared with colleagues from other nations (in Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry, and Physics respectively).

10 December 1974: Two British scientists received Nobel Prizes...

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10 December 1974

Two British scientists received Nobel Prizes in Physics and one in Economic Sciences.

10 December 1975: Sir John Warcup Cornforth from Great Britain...

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10 December 1975

Sir John Warcup Cornforth from Great Britain and Australia was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. The award was shared with Switzerland's Vladimir Prelog , who...

10 December 1976: Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, founders...

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10 December 1976

Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan , founders of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement , were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

10 December 1977: Amnesty International, the London-based organization...

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10 December 1977

Amnesty International , the London-based organization for monitoring the treatment of political prisoners, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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