Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine. This award is administered by the Nobel Foundation, and awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on proposal of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry which consists of five members elected by the Academy. The award is presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel's death.
25 June 1864
Born on the same birth day (25 June): Allen Lanier • Baba Gana Kingibe • Don Demeter • Johnny Smith • José Cancela • Nils Karlsson • Patricia Brake • V. P. Singh • Willard Van Orman Quine
Born in the same month (June 1864): Frederick Bligh Bond • Hermann Minkowski • Ninian Comper • Otto Erich Hartleben • Ransom E. Olds • Richard Strauss • Rudolf Kjellén