Nobel Prize in Literature

while she studied at the University of Wisconsin. She and her husband, Joshua Lederberg produced a way that they could easily transfer bacteria from one petri dish to another. They called his process replica plating. In 1958, Joshua received the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine because of his and Esther's work. In Joshua's acceptance speech, he mentioned that he enjoyed the company of his colleagues, including his wife. He did not however, mention the important role she had in their…

Vladimir Lenin was a large figure in the revolution of the USSR and the future of Russia. Vladimir Lenin was born April 22nd, 1870 in Simbirsk, Russian Empire as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Владимир Ильич Ульянов). Some days later, he was baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church. He took on the alias Lenin in 1901 while doing underground party work. (http://www.biography.com/people/vladimir-lenin-9379007#early-years). He was born into a wealthy middle-class family, third of six children, along…

Testimonial for St. Frances Cabrini St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was a perfect example of the Catholic faith, beginning her lifelong service as a little girl, following in the the steps of one of her primary role models: me, Rosa, her sister and teacher. Although our uncle and I guided her initially on her spiritual journey, Frances was an independent and self-sufficient young lady, securing a teaching license with the highest honors from the Daughters of the Sacred Heart. With her new license…

whatever he was working on, causing him to look up at her. She smiled at his expression, obviously disgruntled that she had interrupted his concentration that he was giving his essay on the Holocaust. “You are looking at the new up and coming scholar, Nobel prize winner, the most amaz-,” “-Ing B ever received on a test in the history of ever,” Peter finished for her, smiling and sliding her test off of his thesis statement. Maya glared at him, snatching her B up she smacked him in the face with…

John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics, Directed by Ron Howard in 2002. This story emphasizes Nash 's graduate years at Princeton University where he starts to develop a mental disorder. Later doctors diagnose Nash with paranoid schizophrenia which causes Nash to start hallucinating. Nash struggles through his life and with the help of friends and especially his wife is able to recover. A beautiful mind is about a graduate student that attends Princeton University with the Carnegie Prize for…

one of the most famous speech all around the world; then at 35 he won a nobel prize for peace "for the furtherance of brotherhood among men and to the abolishment or reduction of standing armies and for the extension of these purposes." stated the Nobel Institute. And instead of keeping the 54,000 dollars he received with the award, he put it right back into the civil rights movement(“Martin Luther King WIns the Nobel Prize for Peace”). Sadly, at age 39 he is assassinated in Tennessee by James…

Rosalind Elsie Franklin was a chemist and she was born in London England on July 25th, 1920. At just the age of 15 Rosalind Elsie Franklin decided she wanted to be a scientist. Receiving her education at several schools which also includes North London Collegiate School which she excelled in science. She was best known for the role she played in the the discovery of the structure of DNA, also her pioneering the use of X-ray diffraction. Franklin enrolled at Newnham College, Cambridge, in 1938…

In the year 1950 William Faulkner was at the pinnacle of his writing career, he had many popular novels written and had just been nominated for the Nobel Prize. When Faulkner took the stand to give his acceptance speech he had more to say than just his thanks and gratitude, he had a message. This message was tailored to the writers and poets of the future; more specifically their duties in society. He knew his time would pass and was afraid the art of writing might die off if there was no one to…

“Malala day” speech to the UN Youth Assembly. –Emily Jones. Malala Yousafzia delivered her speech to the United Nations Youth Assembly on her 16th birthday. This speech was significant as Malala is the youngest person to date to receive the Nobel Peace prize. The purpose of this speech was to unify and help society move forward with education becoming a right for boys and girls worldwide. During her speech Malala refers to her audience as her brothers and sisters to address them. Shown in the…

In December 2014, Malala Yousafzai won The Nobel Peace Prize, together with Kailash Satyarthi. Both speakers fought against the suppression of children and young people in their native country and for the rights of all children to have an education. Malala Yousafzai delivered a passionate persuasive speech after receiving her Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway. In her speech Malala expressed gratitude and honor for all…