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Events on Thursday 10 December 1908 5
1908Arnoldson and Bajer win the Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace Prize 1908Klas Pontus Arnoldson and Fredrik Bajer, Scandinavian advocates of neutrality and arbitration.
1908Ernest Rutherford wins the Nobel Prize in ChemistryNobel Prize in Chemistry 1908Ernest Rutherford, born in New Zealand, for his investigations into the disintegration of elements and the chemistry of radioactive substances.
1908Gabriel Lippmann wins the Nobel Prize in PhysicsNobel Prize in Physics 1908Gabriel Lippmann, for a method of colour photography based on light interference.
1908Metchnikoff and Ehrlich win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908Élie Metchnikoff and Paul Ehrlich, for their work on immunity.
1908Rudolf Eucken wins the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in Literature 1908The German philosopher Rudolf Eucken, for his idealist philosophy of life.