1990 Nobel Prizes

none The 1990 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)92x92pxJerome I. Friedman (b. 1930)United States American"for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1990 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1990/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20081218215855/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1990/index.html 18 December 2008 9 October 2008 Nobel Foundation97x97pxHenry Way Kendall (1926–1999)100x100pxRichard E. Taylor (1929–2018)Canada Canadian Chemistry Awardee(s)75x75pxElias James Corey (b. 1928)United States American"for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis"The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1990 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1990/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20081028215130/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1990/index.html 28 October 2008 6 October 2008 Nobel Foundation Physiology or Medicine Awardee(s)Joseph E. Murray (1919–2012)United States"for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1990/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20070818042333/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1990/index.html 18 August 2007 28 July 2007 Nobel Foundation77x77pxE. Donnall Thomas (1920–2012) Literature 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature Awardee(s)116x116pxOctavio Paz (1914–1998)Mexico"for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity"Nobel Prize in Literature 1990 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1990/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20081019181003/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1990/index.html 2008-10-19 2008-10-17 Nobel Foundation Peace Awardee(s)97x97pxMikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022)Soviet Union"for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations."The Nobel Peace Prize 1990 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1990/summary live https://web.archive.org/web/20081019182131/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1990/index.html 2008-10-19 2008-10-20 Nobel Foundation Economic Sciences Awardee(s)Harry Markowitz (1927–2023)United States"for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics"The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1990 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1990/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20081011111627/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1990/ 2008-10-11 2008-10-14 Nobel FoundationMerton Miller (1923–2000)93x93pxWilliam F. Sharpe (b. 1934) References Category:Nobel Prize by year Category:1990 awards