Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

British Nobel laureates

First instituted in 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to a total of 904 individuals (852 men and 52 women) and 24 organizations as of 2018. Among the recipients, 11 are Indians (four Indian citizens and seven of Indian ancestry or residency).

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CultureScienceFellows of the Royal SocietyFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyRecipients of the Copley MedalBurials at Westminster AbbeyNobel laureates in LiteratureForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesEnglish male novelistsEnglish people of Scottish descent19th-century English poetsEnglish male short story writersVictorian novelists19th-century English novelists20th-century English male writers20th-century English poetsAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeEnglish agnosticsRoyal Medal winners19th-century English non-fiction writers20th-century English novelistsEnglish Nobel laureatesKnights BachelorMembers of the Order of Merit19th-century British physicistsAcademic staff of the University of GöttingenAlumni of Newnham College, CambridgeDiscoverers of chemical elementsFellows of the Royal Society of Literature20th-century British biologists20th-century English mathematicians20th-century English memoiristsAlumni of Somerville College, OxfordEnglish emigrants to the United StatesEnglish-language poets from IndiaExperimental physicistsFellows of Somerville College, OxfordFellows of Trinity College, CambridgeHonorary members of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Recipients of the Matteucci MedalInstitute for Advanced Study visiting scholarsMythopoeic writersNobel laureates in ChemistryNobel laureates in PhysicsRecipients of Franklin MedalRecipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and ArtWinners of the Max Planck Medal19th-century English short story writers20th-century British chemists, British biophysicists, British crystallographers20th-century British physicists, Members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences20th-century British scientistsAcademics of the Victoria University of ManchesterBritish biochemistsBritish scientists with disabilitiesBritish theoretical physicists, Mathematical physicistsCavendish Professors of PhysicsCorresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925)Deaths from ulcersEnglish anti-fascistsEnglish children's writersEnglish hymnwritersEnglish science fiction writersForeign members of the USSR Academy of SciencesFreemasons of the United Grand Lodge of EnglandHonorary Fellows of the Royal Society of EdinburghMaritime writersPeople of the Victorian eraPersons of National Historic Significance (Canada)Radio pioneersRecipients of the Dalton MedalRectors of the University of St AndrewsWomen Nobel laureates
  1. Dorothy Hodgkin

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work, ideas and life of the woman who won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on the structures of vitamin B12 and penicillin.

    3 October 2019

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    Featuring: Georgina Ferry, Judith Howard, Patricia Fara

     
  2. Paul Dirac

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bristolian theoretical physicist, ranked alongside Einstein by his peers, who won a Nobel for his work on quantum mechanics.

    5 March 2020

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    Featuring: Graham Farmelo, Valerie Gibson, David Berman

     
  3. Rudyard Kipling

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Rudyard Kipling, a writer sometimes described as the poet of empire.

    16 October 2014

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    Featuring: Howard Booth, Daniel Karlin, Jan Montefiore

     
  4. Rutherford

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Ernest Rutherford. He is seen as the father of nuclear science, a great charismatic figure who mapped the landscape of the sub-atomic world.

    19 February 2004

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    Featuring: Simon Schaffer, Jim Al-Khalili, Patricia Fara