The Nobel Stamps of 1962

 

On December 10, 1962, the Swedish Post Office issued two new jubilee stamps to commemorate the following persons awarded the Nobel Prize in 1902:

PIETER ZEEMAN (1865–1943) and HENDRIK ANTOON LORENTZ (1853–1928), Dutch physicists, "in recognition of their research upon the influence of the magnetism on the phenomena of radiation." (Physics)

HERMANN EMIL FISCHER (1852–1919), German chemist "in recognition of his synthetic work in the sugar and purine groups." (Chemistry)

SIR RONALD ROSS (1857–1932), Professor of tropical medicine in Liverpool, was awarded the prize in recognition of "his work concerning malaria and the ways of fighting this disease." (Physiology or Medicine)

CHRISTIAN MATTHIAS THEODOR MOMMSEN (1817–1903), German historian, lawyer and philologist, "as the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, particularly in respect to his monumental work–Römische Geschichte." (Literature)

 

© 1962 SWEDEN POST STAMPS