page_title: December 1901
section_title: December 10, 1901 (Tuesday)
hierarchical_section_title: December 1901 / December 10, 1901 (Tuesday)
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen. Cleaned up version of http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=6b3da250c6b5560f Esperanto: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Polski: Wilhelm Röntgen
context_page_description: The following events occurred in December 1901:
context_section_description: The first-ever Nobel Prizes were announced, with x-ray discoverer Wilhelm Roentgen receiving the first Nobel Prize in Physics, Emil von Behring being awarded the prize in medicine for his discovery of the first diphtheria antitoxin, Jacobus van't Hoff pioneering work in physical chemistry earning him the chemistry prize, Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy sharing the peace prize, and Sully Prudhomme winning the prize in literature.  The bestowal of the prizes came on the fifth anniversary of the December 10, 1896, death of Alfred Nobel.
  Andrew Carnegie announced his offer to donate $10,000,000 to the United States government for the creation and maintenance of what is now the Carnegie Institution for Science.  
  Joseph W. Jones was granted U.S. Patent No. 688,739 for his invention, "Production of sound-records", which was purchased immediately by the Columbia Phonograph Company for production of its disc-shaped Graphophone records.  At the age of 25, Jones was paid $25,000 (roughly $675,000 in 2016).
  Thomas N. Hart lost his bid for re-election as Mayor of Boston, with Democrat Patrick A. Collins winning by a large majority.
  France's Chamber of Deputies voted, 434 to 125, to grant bounties on all French merchant vessels.
  The British Government announced that King Edward VII's coronation would take place on June 26, 1902.
caption: Roentgen
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