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The Nobel
Prize is an international award given yearly since 1901
for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature
and for peace. In 1968, the Bank of Sweden instituted
the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel,
founder of the Nobel Prize.
The Prize Winners are announced
in October every year. They receive their awards (a prize
amount, a gold medal and a diploma) on December 10, the
anniversary of Nobel's death. |
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Alfred Nobel
was born in 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. His family was
descended from Olof Rudbeck, the best-known technical
genius of Sweden's 17th century era as a great power in
northern Europe.
Nobel invented dynamite in 1866
and later built up companies and laboratories in more
than 20 countries all over the world.
On November 27, 1895, Nobel signed
his last will providing for the establishment of the Nobel
Prize. He died of cerebral haemorrhage in his home in
San Remo, Italy on December 10, 1896. |
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Alfred died
in San Remo, Italy on December 10, 1896. In his last will
and testament, he wrote that much of his fortune was to
be used to give prizes to those who have done their best
for humanity in the field of physics, chemistry, physiology
or medicine, literature and peace.
In 1901, the first Nobel Prizes
in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and Literature
were first awarded in Stockholm, Sweden and the Peace
Prize in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. |
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| The first
Prize Award Ceremony in 1901 at the Old Royal Academy
of Music in Stockholm. |
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| John Ross Grace |
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John Grace was born and raised in London, Canada. He completed undergraduate studies in chemical engineering at the University of Western Ontario in 1965 and a Ph.D. degree at Cambridge University in 1968. From 1968-79 he was a faculty member at McGill University in Montreal where he co-authored the book Bubbles, Drops and Particles and established a world-class research group on fluidization and multiphase systems. He then moved to the University of British Columbia (UBC) where he served as department head (1979-87) and Dean of Graduate Studies (1990-96). He has over 400 publications, including six books, mostly on fluidization, fluid-particle systems and environmentally-friendly energy processes. He has supervised more than 80 graduate students and many postdoctoral fellows and visiting scholars. His work covers many topics, both fundamental and applied, including hydrodynamics, heat and mass transfer, reactor modeling, scale-up, combustion, gasification, steam reforming, three-phase fluidization, spouted beds and removal of particulates from gases.
Dr. Grace has served as a consultant for many companies. He has chaired international conferences and served on many committees and editorial boards. In addition to being a Professor, he holds a Canada Research Chair, is Director of the UBC Fluidization Research Centre and Chair of the Board of Directors of Membrane Reactor Technologies., a small company established to commercialize a novel hydrogen production process developed by his group. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Engineering Institute of Canada, and Chemical Institute of Canada. He won the R.S. Jane Award, the major chemical engineering award in Canada, and various other research and teaching awards. He served as Chair of the Chemical Institute of Canada and President of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering. He has a close relationship with China, most recently visiting in January 2007 as an Einstein Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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