In the presence of King Gustavus, Cabinet ministers’ and foreign diplomats, the formal presentation of the Nobel Prize awards* for 1923 was made in Stockholm.
William Butler Yeats, winner of the Literature Prize (TIME, Nov. 26), and Professor Friedrich Pregl of Austria, winner of the Chemistry Prize (TIME, Dec. 17), received their awards in person. Robert W. Bliss, U. S. Minister to Sweden, received the Physics Prize on behalf of Professor R. Andrews Millikan (TIME, Nov. 26) ; Sir Colville A. de R. Barclay, British Minister to Sweden, represented Doctors F. G. Banting and J. J. R. MacLeod, of Toronto, who jointly won the Prize for Medicine (TIME, Nov. 5).
No Peace Prize for 1923 was awarded.
* There are normally five awards—Literature, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Peace.
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