Sir James W. Black
Photo gallery
Sir James W. Black receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1988.
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The Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 1988. From left: Sir James W. Black, Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings.
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Sir James W. Black at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 1988.
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Medicine laureates Gertrude B. Elion, George H. Hitchings and Sir James W. Black at a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, in December 1988.
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Sir James W. Black during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1988.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
The 1988 laureates assembled at the Swedish Academy, 1988. Back row from left: medicine laureate George H. Hitchings, chemistry laureate Johann Deisenhofer, medicine laureate Sir James W. Black, physics laureate Jack Steinberger, chemistry laureate Robert Huber, physics laureate Melvin Schwartz, chemistry laureate Hartmut Michel and physics laureate Leon M. Lederman. Seated are from left: laureate in economic sciences Maurice Allais, medicine laureate Gertrude B. Elion and Umm Kulthoum Mahfouz, daughter of literature laureate Naguib Mahfouz.
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Sir James W. Black and wife enjoying a walk outside the Royal Palace in Stockholm, during the Nobel Week, December 1988.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.
