claim: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to a person from the Office.
evidence: Gladstone Lothian Rosebery Small -LRB- 31 August 1884 -- early 1979 -RRB- was a British labour movement activist .. British. British people. Small was born in Cambuslang .. Cambuslang. Cambuslang. The son of William Small , a prominent trade unionist , and the brother of William B. and Robert , both of whom also went into trade unionism , Lothian instead attended the University of Glasgow , although he did not enter until he was 22 as it took him several attempt to pass the entrance exam .. William Small. William Small ( trade unionist ). Robert. Robert Small ( trade unionist ). University of Glasgow. University of Glasgow. While at university , Small was active in the student union and the student Fabian Society .. Fabian Society. Fabian Society. It took him six years to graduate , although he received master 's degrees in both philosophy and English .. During World War I , Small served as an officer with the South Staffordshire Regiment .. World War I. World War I. South Staffordshire Regiment. South Staffordshire Regiment. Afterwards , he became a frequent Parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party , standing unsuccessfully in Exeter at the 1923 general election , then in Walsall in 1924 and a 1925 by-election .. Labour Party. Labour Party ( UK ). Exeter. Exeter ( UK Parliament constituency ). 1923 general election. United Kingdom general election, 1923. Walsall. Walsall ( UK Parliament constituency ). United Kingdom general election, 1924. 1925 by-election. Walsall by-election, 1925. During this period , he was heavily involved with the League of Nations , serving on the secretariat of its Supreme Council , then as secretary of its Labour Advisory Committee , and later as Secretary of the International Federation of League of Nations Societies .. League of Nations. League of Nations. In 1923 , Small made the news when he was held up by robbers near Palermo who stole his money and papers ; he stated that he believed they had committed the robbery due to hunger .. Palermo. Palermo. Small married a Hungarian woman named Frieda in 1931 , who was a prominent figure in Save the Children .. Save the Children. Save the Children. She died in 1939 , and Small remarried to an Italian woman named Jeanne-Marie De Morsier who worked at the International Union of Child Welfare .. International Union of Child Welfare. International Union of Child Welfare. Italian. Italian language. They lived in London until the 1950s ; at this point , they appear to have moved to Manchester , as a Lothian Small based there translated a number of plays from the Italian .. Manchester. Manchester. Italian. Italian language. Small died in the Surrey SE registration district in the first quarter of 1979 .