December 05, 2024
Philip John Noel-Baker won a silver medal for Great Britain in the 1,500-meter race at the 1920 Olympics. In 1959 he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in international disarmament.
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The Nobel Prizes, announced annually in the fall since 1901, cover five different disciplines: chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology/medicine. Additionally, there is an economics prize awarded at the Nobel ceremony (not technically a Nobel prize). That means you’ve got at least
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