Major Events of 1924

  • Nobel Prizes

    Chemistry
    The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.

    Literature
    REYMONT, (pen-name of REYMONT, WLADYSLAW STANISLAW), Poland, b. 1867, d. 1925: "for his great national epic, The Peasants"

    Peace
    The prize money for 1923-1924 was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.

    Physiology or Medicine
    EINTHOVEN, WILLEM, the Netherlands, Leyden University, b. 1860 (in Semarang, Java, then Dutch East Indies), d. 1927: "for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram"

    Physics
    SIEGBAHN, KARL MANNE GEORG, Sweden, Uppsala University, b. 1886, d. 1978: "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy"

    Pulitzer Prizes

    Drama: Hatcher Hughes ... "Hell-Bent for Heaven"
    Fiction: Margaret Wilson ... "The Able McLaughlins"
    History: Charles Howard Mcllwain ... "The American Revolution"
    Public Service: "New York World"