in1951, Rosalind Franklin gave a lecture at Kings College London showing her ground-breaking X-rays of DNA. James Watson, who was present, won a Nobel Prize in 1962 with Francis Crick for solving DNA's structure. Franklin had died in 1958, and could not share in the prize.

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Illustration from The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf, who was born in 1858 and in 1909 became the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize. Read Jenny Watson on the complex depths beneath her seemingly simple tales: https://t.co/QSVOZsRbmk

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, Walter Hess, for Medicine 1949. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, Gerty Cori, for Medicine 1947. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, Ernst Chain, for Medicine 1945. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, Edward Doisy, for Medicine 1943. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, Corneille Heymans, for Medicine 1938. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, Hans Spemann, for Medicine 1935. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, George Minot, for Medicine 1934. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, George Whipple, for Medicine 1934. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, Thomas Morgan, for Medicine 1933. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, George Whipple, for Medicine 1934. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Alfred Nobel was born 21 October 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden.
He was a truly global citizen; he spoke six languages and lived in various countries such as Sweden, Russia, France and Italy.

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, Christiaan Eijkman, for Medicine 1929. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, Charles Nicolle, for Medicine 1928. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, John Macleod, for Medicine 1923. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, Fritz Otto, for Medicine 1922. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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Commission for Ganga Library Online. Nobel Prize Laureate, Archibald Hill, for Medicine 1922. Painted by Tim Tompkins https://t.co/aUsMfDtrER. https://t.co/0suQzQtPbN

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