Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Albert Camus
Albert Camus (1913-1960), the Algerian-French novelist, essayist and playwright, is profiled. He received the 1957 Nobel Prize for his existentialist novels The Stranger (1942) and The Plague (1947).
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Toni Morrison
A detailed biography on the works of African American writer and 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Toni Morrison. Contains information on the themes and subject matters of her most famous books while also giving some information on...
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Derek (Alton) Walcott
This Calendar of Authors' Literature webpage has biographical sketch about of this West Indian poet and playwright who received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1992. Walcott's works often deal with the conflict between his Caribbean...
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Magnet Academy: Eric Cornell
Born in Palo Alto, California, and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts - homes to Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively - you could say Eric Cornell was destined to become a renowned scientist. And while he...
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Magnet Academy: William Shockley
Find out about William Bradford Shockley, who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the first point-contact transistor and the invention of the more advanced junction transistor. His later research focused on developing...
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Magnet Academy: Carl Edwin Wieman
Carl Edwin Wieman is one of three physicists credited with the discovery of a fifth phase of matter, for which he was awarded a share of the prestigious Nobel Prize in 2001. The recognition capped a distinguished career that began deep...
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Albert Abraham Michelson
Meet Nobel Prize winner, Albert Michelson, an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Alexander Fleming
Find out about the scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the antibiotic, penicillin.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Antony Hewish
Learn about Antony Hewish, a radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the development of radio aperture synthesis and its role in the discovery of pulsars.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Emil Fischer
Find out about the German chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on sugar and purine synthesis.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Harold Urey
Read about Harold Urey, the scientist who discovered deuterium, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His work made a significant impact in an unusually wide range of scientific fields including cosmochemistry.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Konrad Lorenz
This article gives the biography of Nobel Prize winner Konrad Lorenz.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Linus Pauling
This biography will give you information about the life and important scientific discoveries made by Linus Pauling. His discoveries led him to be rewarded the Nobel Prize twice.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Pierre Curie
This article discusses Nobel Prize winner, Pierre Curie. Learn about the life and discoveries of Marie Curie's husband.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Learn about the Nobel Prize winner for his mathematical theory of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Frank Billings Kellogg (1856 1937)
Biography about Frank B. Kellogg gives an overview of his life as he rose to prominence serving as Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Secretary of State under Calvin Coolidge and negotiating the Kellogg-Briand Pact for which he received...
The Guardian
Guardian: Jose Cela Camilo
This site from Guardian Unlimited provides an obituary entry for Nobel Prize winner, Jose Cela Camilo. Discusses his upbringing in Spain during their civil war and also discusses his literary works.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
This is the full text of the novel The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy, a social satire by this Nobel Prize-winning author. This trilogy chronicles the lives of three generations of an upper-middle-class London Forsyte family obsessed...
Science Struck
Science Struck: List of Famous Physicists
A list of famous physicists with some biographical information and mention of their accomplishments. Includes separate list of physicists who won the Nobel Prize.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Gertrude Belle Elion
In a career spannig over 40 years, [Gertrude Belle] Elion (1918-1999 CE) invented some of the 20th century's most significant lifesaving drugs. Read about the life and accomplishments of this scientist who won the Nobel Prize for...
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Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Authors: Sinclair Lewis
Biography of Nobel Prize winning author Sinclair Lewis, including personal information and history of important works.
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Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Saul Bellow
Biography of American author and Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow.
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Pbs: Ralph J. Bunche: An American Odyssey
The companion website to the PBS documentary about Ralph Bunche, the first person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Includes an interactive timeline of his life, in-depth analyses of his life and work at key stages of his career, a...
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Learning for Justice: Rigoberta Menchu
A timeline of human rights activties in Guatemala since the 1960s, and a brief biography of human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu.
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