The Nobel prize for chemistry: 
The prize for the yeav 1901 was awarded lo: 
vAN T'HoFF, JacoBus HENRICUS, professor of chem- 
istry at the University of Berlin, born 1852, 
died 3rd March, 1911; “in recognition of his spe- 
cial sevvices im commection with the discovery of 
the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pres- 
sure in solutions.” 
The prize for the year 1902 was awarded to: 
Fiscaer, Emir, professor of chemistry at the Uni- 
versity of Berlin, born 1852, died 15th July, 
1919; “im vecogmition of his special sevvices in 
connection with his synthetic experiments in the 
sugar and puvin groups of substances.” 
The prize for the year 1903 was awarded to: 
ARRHENIUS, SVANTE AUGUST, professor of physics at 
the Stockholm University College, born 1859, died 
2nd October, 1927: “in recognition of the special 
services vendeved by him to the development of chem- 
istry by his electrolytic theory of dissociation.” 
The prize for the year 1904 was awarded to: 
Ramsay, SIR WiLLiaM, professor of chemistry at the 
University College, London, born 1852, died 24th 
July, 1916; “in recognition of his services in the 
discovery of the inert gaseous elements in the atv, and 
the determination of their place in the periodic 
system.” 
The prize for the year 1905 was awarded to: 
voN BAEYER, ADOLPH, professor of chemistry at the 
University of Munich, born 1835, died 2oth 
August, 1917; “in recognition of his sevvices in the 
development of organic chemiswry and the chemical 
industry, through his work on organic dyes and 
hydroaromatic combinations,”