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Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), Nobel prize-winning atomic physicist, c1908Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), New Zealand atomic physicist. Won 1908 Nobel prize for chemistry. Is considered by many to have laid the groundwork for the development of modern nuclear physics
Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, c1920. Curie (1867-1934), double Nobel Prize winner, seated in her laboratory
Frederic Joliot and Irene Joliot-Curie, French scientists, 1935. Joliot (1900-1958) became assistant to Marie Curie in 1925
Maeterlinck, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News ServiceMaeterlinck, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Belgian poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949)
La Fontaine, 1914. Creator: Bain News ServiceLa Fontaine, 1914. Shows Belgian international lawyer Henri La Fontaine (1854-1943), who was president of the International Peace Bureau from 1907 to 1943
Professor August Krogh, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News ServiceProfessor August Krogh, between c1915 and c1920. Shows August Krogh (1874-1949), a Danish professor of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen
Taft and Dr. Finley, 1912. Creator: Bain News ServiceTaft and Dr. Finley, 1912. Shows President William H. Taft and City College president Dr. John H. Finley outside City College, New York City, where a reception was held to honor Dr
G.B. Shaw, 1914. Creator: Bain News ServiceG.B. Shaw, 1914. Shows Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), who was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
AI IMAGE - Portrait of George Bernard Shaw, 1930s, (2023). Creator: Heritage ImagesAI IMAGE - Portrait of George Bernard Shaw, 1930s, (2023). Shaw, (1856-1950), was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
AI IMAGE - Portrait of George Bernard Shaw, 1920s, (2023). Creator: Heritage ImagesAI IMAGE - Portrait of George Bernard Shaw, 1920s, (2023). Shaw, (1856-1950), was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Signor Marconi, c1900. Creator: UnknownSignor Marconi, c1900. Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system
Italian Commission To U.S. - Marconi Leaving Car, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Italian Commission To U.SItalian Commission To U.S. - [Guglielmo] Marconi Leaving Car, 1917. During the First World War, Marconi was in charge of the Italian military's radio service
Italian Commission To U.S. - Marconi Leaving Boat, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Italian Commission To U.SItalian Commission To U.S. - [Guglielmo] Marconi Leaving Boat, 1917. During the First World War, Marconi was in charge of the Italian military's radio service
Italian Commission To U.S. - Commission at Mount Vernon. Front: Ambassador Macchi Di... 1917. Creator: Harris & EwingItalian Commission To U.S. - Commission at Mount Vernon. Front: Ambassador Macchi Di Celleri [sic]; [Prince] Ferdinand; Unidentified Lady; [Guglielmo] Marconi, 1917
Anatole France, 1906. Creator: Anders Leonard ZornAnatole France, 1906
Arthur Henderson, 1929, (1935). Creator: UnknownArthur Henderson, 1929, (1935). British iron moulder and Labour politician Arthur Henderson (1863-1935) was the first Labour cabinet minister
Frank Billings Kellogg, US Secretary of State, 1928, (1935). Creator: UnknownFrank Billings Kellogg, US Secretary of State, 1928, (1935). Frank Billings Kellogg (1856-1937) was US Ambassador to Great Britain from 1923-1925
George Bernard Shaw, 1926, (1935). Creator: UnknownGeorge Bernard Shaw, 1926, (1935). Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925
M. Aristide Briand, 1927. Creator: UnknownM. Aristide Briand, 1927. Aristide Briand (1862-1932), French statesman, served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic
Moissan, c1893. Creator: UnknownMoissan, c1893. Portrait of Ferdinand Moissan (1852-1907), French chemist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds
Marconi, c1893. Creator: James LafayetteMarconi, c1893. Portrait of Italian physicist and inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937). Marconi discovered a way in which waves could be used to send messages from one place to another without
Mr. G. B. Shaw, 1927. Creator: UnknownMr. G. B. Shaw, 1927. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish author, photographer, dramatist, literary critic, socialist and Nobel Prize winner
Signor Marconi, 1927. Creator: UnknownSignor Marconi, 1927. Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) Italian inventor and electrical engineer, Nobel prize winner, entrepreneur and businessman
Madame Curie, c1900, (1914). Creator: UnknownMadame Curie, c1900, (1914). Portrait of Polish physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1867-1934). She and her husband Pierre were two of the first people to work on radioactivity
Professor Albert Einstein, c1928. Creator: UnknownProfessor Albert Einstein, c1928. Portrait of German mathematician and physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) whose main contribution to science was the theory of relativity
Professor Max Planck, c1928. Creator: UnknownProfessor Max Planck, c1928. Portrait of German theoretical physicist Max Planck (1858-1947), winner of the Nobel Prize for physics, responsible for development of Quantum Theory
Professor Walther Nernst, c1928. Creator: UnknownProfessor Walther Nernst, c1928. Portrait of German chemist Walther Nernst (1864-1941), winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, known for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry
George Bernard Shaw, c1940s, (c1950). Creator: Bassano LtdGeorge Bernard Shaw, c1940s, (c1950). George Bernard Shaw, (1856-1950), Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. From The Outline of Literature, edited by John Drinkwater
JJ Thomson, British physicist, c1896-c1915JJ Thomson, British physicist, 1896-1916. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) discovered the electron and was a pioneer of nuclear physics
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, German physicist, (c1924). On 8 November 1895, Roentgen (or Rontgen, 1845-1923) discovered what came to be known as X-rays
John Steinbeck, American novelist, c1939. John Ernst Steinbeck III (1902-1968) won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath
Frank Billings Kellogg, former US Ambassador to Great Britain, making a speech, 1928Frank Billings Kellogg, US Secretary of State, making a speech, 1928. Frank Billings Kellogg (1856-1937) was US Ambassador to Great Britain from 1923-1925
Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist, c1930s. Fleming (1881-1955) discovered the first antibiotic drug, penicillin, in 1928
Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, preparing to go cycling. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel
Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1904. Marie Curie (1867-1934) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904, together with her husband Pierre and Henri Becquerel
George Bernard Shaw, c1925. George Bernard Shaw, (1856-1950), Irish playwright and Nobel Prize in Literature. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler
Max Planck (1858-1947), c1918. Winner of the 1918 Nobel prize for physics, responsible for development of Quantum Theory. (Colorised black and white print)
W. B. Yeats, c1900, (1934). William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) a prominent figure of the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years served as an Irish Senator for two terms
Dr Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic Explorer, 1893. In 1888 Nansen (1861-1930) made the first crossing of Greenland. He is best known in exploration terms for his three year expedition (1893-1896)
Fridtjof Nansen after his wash and brush up, 1896 (1899). Artist: Frederick George JacksonFridtjof Nansen after his wash and brush up, 1896 (1899). In 1888 Nansen (1861-1930) made the first crossing of Greenland
Swedish author Selma Lagerlof and her mother, Louise, 1909. In 1909 Lagerlof (1858-1940) became the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Girls of Strimi Island, Denmark, c1922. Artist: Danish LegationGirls of Strimi Island, Denmark, c1922. Pictured standing beside the memorial stone of Niels Finsen (1860-1904), the Nobel Prize-winning Danish physician
Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory, 1898 (1951)Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory. 1898, (1951). Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel
George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist, critic and Fabian, 1893. Artist: W&D DowneyGeorge Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist, critic and Fabian, 1893. The author of such well known works as Pygmalion and Saint Joan, Shaw (1856-1950) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925
Vitalism: Henri Bergson, French philosopher, early 20th century, (1956). Bergson (1859-1941) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927. From the Picture Post Library
Sir JJ Thomson, British physicist, 1932 (1956). In 1896 Thomson (1856-1940), began experiments on cathode rays, proving that they are particles with a negative charge and much smaller than an atom
Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1917. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel
Sully Prudhomme, French poet, 1905. Rene Francois Armand Sully-Prudhomme, (1839-1907) was awarded the first Nobel prize for Literature in 1901
Octave Mirbeau, French writer, 1905. Mirbeau (1848-1917) was a journalist, art critic, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright. His writings have been translated into thirty languages
Henri Bergson, French philosopher, 1910. Bergson (1859-1941) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920
Pierre Curie, French chemist and physicist, 1899. Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel
Anatole France, French writer, 1903. Anatole France was the pen name of Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault (1844-1924). He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921
Henri Becquerel, French physicist, late 19th or early 20th century. In 1896 Becquerel (1852-1908) discovered that uranium, when placed on a sealed, light-tight photographic plate, exposed the plate
Romain Rolland, French dramatist, author, art historian and mystic, 1921. Rolland (1866-1944) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915
Louis de Broglie, French physicist, 1933. De Broglies (1892-1987) work on a new branch of quantum physics called wave mechanics won him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1929
Aristide Briand, French politician, 1921. Briand served as Prime Minister of France on several occasions between 1909 and 1929
Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, 1906. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel
Frederic Mistral, French writer, 1906. Mistral (1830-1914) was a poet and a lexicographer of Occitan, the language of south-west France. In 1904 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature
Frederic Passy, French economist and writer, 1901. Passy (1822-1912) shared the first Nobel Peace prize with Henri Dunant in 1901
Viscount Cecil, British statesman, 1935. Artist: Edmond Xavier KappViscount Cecil, British statesman, 1935. Robert Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood was a delegate to the League of Nations
Thomas Mann (1875-1955), German novelist and short story writer, early 20th century. Mann was also a social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist, early 20th century. For a serious writer, Hemingway achieved a rare cult-like popularity during his lifetime
Anatole France, The great French ironist, 1923. Artist: Henri ManuelAnatole France, The great French ironist, 1923. Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923
Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish novelist and publicist, late 19th century, (c1920). Portrait of Nobel Prize-winning author Sienkiewicz (1846-1916)
A Marconi wireless operator receiving wireless messages as the Empress of Britain crosses the Atlantic, c1934. Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), an Italian physicist and inventor
Alphonse Laveran, French physician, 1917. In 1880 Laveran (1845-1922) made the discovery that malaria were caused by protozoa
George Bernard Shaw, Anglo-Irish playwright, 1913. Artist: Lizzie Caswall SmithGeorge Bernard Shaw, Anglo-Irish playwright, 1913. Shaw (1856-1950) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. Supplement to The Bookman, 1913
Pierre Curie, French physicist, (c1924). Pierre Curie (1859-1906) was a pioneer in the study of crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity
Anatole France, French poet, journalist and novelist, 1870s. Artist: NadarAnatole France, French poet, journalist and novelist, 1870s. Anatole France was the pen name of Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault (1844-1924). He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, c1900s(?). Artist: NadarIlya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, c1900s(?). Mechnikov (1845-1916) continued the work of Louis Pasteur, specialising in the study of the immune system
Ivan A Bunin, Russian author, c1937. Bunin (1870-1953) was a short story writer and novelist. He was not a supporter of the Bolsheviks and left Russia after the Revolution
Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen, German physicist, 1902. In 1895, while professor of physics at Wurzburg, (Rontgen (1845-1913) discovered X-rays, originally called Rontgen rays
Francis Harry Compton Crick, British microbiologist, c1962. Francis Crick (1916-2004) discovered the molecular structure of DNA
Ernst Boris Chain, German born British biochemist, c1945. Chain (1906-1979), with Howard Florey, purified penicillin. He shared the 1945 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine with Florey
Henri Becquerel, French physicist, c1890s. Artist: NadarHenri Becquerel, French physicist, c1890s. In 1896 Becquerel (1852-1908) discovered that uranium, when placed on a sealed, light-tight photographic plate, exposed the plate
Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist, 20th century. Millikan (1868-1953) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for his determination of the charge of the electron
William Henry Bragg, English physicist, early 20th centuryWilliam Henry Bragg, English physicist, 20th century. The founder of X-ray crystallography, Bragg (1862-1942) is shown here using an X-ray spectrometer
Jacobus Henricus Van t Hoff, Dutch chemist, 1902. In 1901 Van t Hoff (1852-1911) became the first winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Emil von Behring, German immunologist and bacteriologist, 1902. In 1901 von Behring (1854-1917) was awarded the first Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his development of a serum for
Mr Punch thanking Marconi for wireless telegraphy which was saving lives at sea, 1913. Artist: Leonard Raven-HillMr Punch thanking Marconi for wireless telegraphy which was saving lives at sea, 1913. Marconi (1874-1937) discovered a way in which waves could be used to send messages from one place to another
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and inventor and pioneer of wireless telegraphy, 1906. Marconi (1874-1937) discovered a way in which waves could be used to send messages from one place to
Howard Walter Florey, Australian pathologist, c1945. For his work on the isolation and purification of the first antibiotic, Penicillin
Albert Einstein and other physicists at Paul Ehrenfests home, Leyden, Netherlands. Einstein (1879-1955) (left) with Paul Ehrenfest, Paul Langevin (1872-1946) (centre)
Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1929. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel
