Peter C. Doherty
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Peter Doherty receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1996.
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All laureates assembled at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1996. From left: physics laureates David M. Lee, Douglas D. Osheroff and Robert C. Richardson, chemistry laureates Robert F. Curl Jr., Sir Harold W. Kroto and Richard E. Smalley, medicine laureates Peter C. Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel, literature laureate Wislawa Szymborska and economic sciences laureate James A. Mirrlees.
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Peter C. Doherty showing his Nobel Prize medal after the award ceremony, 10 December 1996.
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Peter C. Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel showing their Nobel Prize medals after at the award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 1996.
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Peter C. Doherty being interviewed outside the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 1996.
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Peter C. Doherty proceeds into the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall for the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 1996.
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Peter C. Doherty and Sweden's Princess Christina at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 1996.
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Peter C. Doherty at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1996.
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Peter C. Doherty at a reception at the Swedish Academy during Nobel Week, December 1996.
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Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1996.
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Ten Nobel Laureates of 1996 assembled in Stockholm in December 1996. Back row: Sir Harold W. Kroto, Douglas D. Osheroff, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, James A. Mirrlees, Robert F. Curl Jr. and Richard E. Smalley. Front row: Peter C. Doherty, Wisława Szymborska, David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson.
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Nine Nobel Laureates of 1996 assembled in Stockholm in December 1996. Back row: Sir Harold W. Kroto, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Richard E. Smalley. Peter C. Doherty, Douglas D. Osheroff. Front row: James A. Mirrlees, Robert F. Curl Jr., David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson.
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.