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The GEC Laboratories 1930–1939
Of CATs, Cambridge and the BBC.
‘Nation shall speak peace unto nation.’
The motto on the coat of arms of the British Broadcasting Company,
adopted in 1927.
16.1 The 1931 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
In September 1930, the RSAS’ Chemistry Committee sent out Nobel Prize
nomination forms around the world; to selected professors at universities, to
Nobel Laureates in physics and chemistry, to members of the Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences and others. These forms, submitted by 01 February
1931, were screened by committee members and a list of preliminary candidates for the 1931 prize was assembled. From March to May 1931, specially appointed experts were asked for their assessment of the candidates’
work, and by September the Committee submitted its recommendations to
the Academy. Early in October, Academy members selected the Nobel
Laureate(s) in chemistry by a majority vote. Their decision was final and
without appeal. The names of the Nobel Laureates were then announced, and
thus—strictly according to the rules and with due recognition of its previous
failings—the Academy awarded the 1931 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1 jointly
to Carl Bosch and Friedrich Bergius ‘in recognition of their contributions to
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The GEC Laboratories 1930–1939
Of CATs, Cambridge and the BBC.
‘Nation shall speak peace unto nation.’
The motto on the coat of arms of the British Broadcasting Company,
adopted in 1927.
16.1 The 1931 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
In September 1930, the RSAS’ Chemistry Committee sent out Nobel Prize
nomination forms around the world; to selected professors at universities, to
Nobel Laureates in physics and chemistry, to members of the Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences and others. These forms, submitted by 01 February
1931, were screened by committee members and a list of preliminary candidates for the 1931 prize was assembled. From March to May 1931, specially appointed experts were asked for their assessment of the candidates’
work, and by September the Committee submitted its recommendations to
the Academy. Early in October, Academy members selected the Nobel
Laureate(s) in chemistry by a majority vote. Their decision was final and
without appeal. The names of the Nobel Laureates were then announced, and
thus—strictly according to the rules and with due recognition of its previous
failings—the Academy awarded the 1931 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1 jointly
to Carl Bosch and Friedrich Bergius ‘in recognition of their contributions to
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
D. Sheppard, Robert Le Rossignol, Springer Biographies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29714-5_16
365