The University of Birmingham 'Nobel Wall of Honour' 1926 to 2016 - Edgbaston, Birmingham, U.K.
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The University of Birmingham 'Nobel Wall of Honour' features a timeline of all the Nobel prizes won by alumni of the University.
Waymark Code: WM12BRC
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/22/2020
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The University of Birmingham 'Nobel Wall of Honour' features a timeline of all the Nobel prizes won by alumni of the University since it received its Royal Charter in 1900.

The 'Nobel Wall of Honour' features individual photographs of each prize winner below these photographs in a timeline that gives the year, the prize that was awarded and the achievement for which the award was given together with the name of the prize winner or prize winners.

Details of the timeline are as follows:
1922 - Chemistry Prize - Discovering Isotopes, Professor Francis W Aston
1937 - Chemistry Prize - Synthesising Vitamin C, Professor Sir W Norman Haworth
1937 - Nobel Prize -Founding the League of Nations, Lord Robert Cecil
1960 - Physiology or Medicine Prize - Pioneering Transplants Professor Sir Peter Medawar
1962 - Physiology or Medicine Prize - Revealing DNA Structure, Professor Maurice Wilkins
1982 - Physiology or Medicine Prize - Understanding Pain-Relief: Aspirin, Professor Sir John Vane
2001 - Physiology or Medicine Prize - Inspiring Cancer Treatments, Professor Sir Paul Nurse
2007 - Nobel Peace Prize - Understanding Climate Change, Professor Peter Bullock
2016 - Physics Prize - Deepening Our Understanding of Exotic Matter, Professor David J Thouless, Professor Mike Kosterlitz
2016 - Chemistry Prize - Pioneering Molecular Machines, Professor Sir J Frazer Stoddart

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