Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his role in ending the Russo-Japanese War. He donated the monetary portion to Congress for an international peace league. The US has the most Nobel Prize winners.
US President Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in 1906 when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his arbitration in the war between Russia and Japan, which led to the Treaty of Portsmouth which ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, and Roosevelt had the honor accepted by the US Ambassador to Norway on his behalf. It wasn’t until 1910 that he was able to deliver an acceptance speech in Norway. Roosevelt did not keep the monetary portion of the award and instead donated it to Congress in hopes of developing an international peace league, which did not occur until the formation of the United Nations in 1945.
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Since the award’s introduction in 1901, approximately 847 individuals and 22 organizations have won a Nobel Prize, as of 2013.
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize was Polish scientist Marie Curie, in 1903 for her work in physics.
The United States has the most Nobel Prize winners of any country, at 347 as of 2013. The United Kingdom has the second-highest rate of Nobel Prize winners, at 120.
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