1991 Nobel Prizes

none The 1991 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)91x91pxPierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932–2007)France 1974 French"for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1991 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1991/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20081102193215/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1991/index.html 2 November 2008 9 October 2008 Nobel Foundation Chemistry Awardee(s)75x75px|Richard R. ErnstRichard R. Ernst (1933–2021)Switzerland Swiss"for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy"The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1991/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20080817141436/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1991/index.html 17 August 2008 6 October 2008 Nobel Foundation Physiology or Medicine Awardee(s)75x75pxErwin Neher (b. 1944)Germany"for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1991 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1991/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20070718172655/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1991/index.html 18 July 2007 28 July 2007 Nobel Foundation85x85pxBert Sakmann (b. 1942) Literature 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature Awardee(s)119x119pxNadine Gordimer (1923–2014)South Africa 1928"who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity"Nobel Prize in Literature 1991 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1991/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20081021034328/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1991/index.html 2008-10-21 2008-10-17 Nobel Foundation Peace Awardee(s)109x109pxAung San Suu Kyi (born 1945)Myanmar"for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights."The Nobel Peace Prize 1991 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1991/summary live https://web.archive.org/web/20081021034620/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/index.html 2008-10-21 2022-03-02 Nobel Foundation Economic Sciences Awardee(s)79x79pxRonald Coase (1910–2013)United Kingdom"for his discovery and clarification of the significance of transaction costs and property rights for the institutional structure and functioning of the economy"The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1991 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1991/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20081028215346/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1991/ 2008-10-28 2008-10-14 Nobel Foundation References Category:Nobel Prize by year Category:1991 awards