Marie Curie, née Sklodowska (Warsaw, Poland, 7.11.1867 - 4.7.1934)
France, Sorbonne University, Paris,
"in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element".
The Prize was divided equally between:
Victor Grignard (France, 16.5.1871 - 13.12.1935)
France, Nancy University,
"for the discovery of the so-called Grignard reagent, which in recent years has greatly advanced the progress of organic chemistry";
France, Toulouse University,
"for his method of hydrogenating organic compounds in the presence of finely disintegrated metals whereby the progress of organic chemistry has been greatly advanced in recent years".
Alfred Werner (Mulhouse, Alsace, then Germany, 12.12.1866 - 15.11.1919)
Switzerland, Zürich University,
"in recognition of his work on the linkage of atoms in molecules by which he has thrown new light on earlier investigations and opened up new fields of research especially in inorganic chemistry".
Theodore William Richards (USA, 31.1.1868 - 2.4.1928)
USA, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
"in recognition of his accurate determinations of the atomic weight of a large number of chemical elements".
Richard Martin Willstätter (Germany, 13.8.1872 - 3.8.1942)
Germany, Munich University,
"for his researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll".
The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section
The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section
Fritz Haber (Germany, 9.12.1868 - 29.1.1934)
Germany, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Fritz-Haber-Institut) für physikalische Chemie und Electrochemie, Berlin-Dahlem,
"for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements".
The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section
Walther Hemann Nernst (Germany, 25.6.1864 - 18.11.1941)
Germany, Berlin University,
"in recognition of his work in thermochemistry".