Philip J. Noel-Baker was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his longstanding contribution to the cause of disarmament and peace. Philip Noel-Baker Full name: Philip John Noel-BakerBorn: 1 November 1889, London, United KingdomDied: 8 October 1982, London, United KingdomDate awarded: 5 November 1959 Internationalist for disarmament Philip Noel-Baker took part in the Hague Peace Conference…

From left: Physics laureate Emilio Segrè, medicine laureate Severo Ochoa and literature laureate Salvatore Quasimodo during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 1959.

Philip Noel-Baker receiving his medal and diploma from Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee, during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in the Auditorium of the University of Oslo on 10 December 1959.

Laureates Severo Ochoa and Owen Chamberlain with their wives during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 1959. From left: Physics laureate Emilio Segrè, medicine laureate Severo Ochoa and literature laureate Salvatore Quasimodo during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 1959.

Owen Chamberlain and Princess Sibylla at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, 10 December 1959. Severo Ochoa and Owen Chamberlain with their wives during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 1959.

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Emilio Segrè’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1959 Your Majesties, Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. My eloquence is totally inadequate to add anything to the thanks so well expressed by the laureates who preceded me on this rostrum. I am sure that apart from our ability to express them, our feelings…

Owen Chamberlain’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1959 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply moved by the great honor the Royal Swedish Academy of Science has bestowed upon me. I doubt that any man could feel himself worthy of this great distinction. Certainly I…