1992 Nobel Prizes

none The 1992 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.All Nobel Prizes https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-prizes/1999-1990/ 2024-12-11 NobelPrize.org en-US Prizes Physics +Awardee(s)84x84pxGeorges Charpak (1924–2010)France 1974 French"for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1992 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1992/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20081022071715/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1992/index.html 22 October 2008 9 October 2008 Nobel Foundation Chemistry Awardee(s)103x103pxRudolph A. Marcus (1923–2026)Canada Canadian United States American"for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems"The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1992/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20110718011422/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1992/index.html 18 July 2011 6 October 2008 Nobel Foundation Physiology or Medicine Awardee(s)96x96pxEdmond H. Fischer (1920–2021)Switzerland United States"for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1992 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1992/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20131010215641/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1992/index.html 10 October 2013 28 July 2007 Nobel FoundationEdwin G. Krebs (1918–2009)United States Literature 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature Awardee(s)113x113pxDerek Walcott (1930–2017)Saint Lucia 1979"for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment"Nobel Prize in Literature 1992 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1992/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20081017212843/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1992/index.html 2008-10-17 2008-10-17 Nobel Foundation Peace Awardee(s)116x116pxRigoberta Menchú (born 1959)Guatemala"for her struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples."The Nobel Peace Prize 1992 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1992/summary live https://web.archive.org/web/20081019182136/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1992/index.html 2008-10-19 2022-03-02 Nobel Foundation Economic Sciences Awardee(s)100x100pxGary Becker (1930–2014)United States"for having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behaviour and interaction, including non-market behaviour"The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1992 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1992/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20081028215351/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1992/ 2008-10-28 2008-10-14 Nobel Foundation References Category:Nobel Prize by year Category:1992 awards