Nobel Prize Wilhelm Röntgen's discovery of X-rays and Philipp Lenard's work on cathode rays. The Academy of Sciences selected Röntgen for the prize. In the last decades of the 19th century, many chemists had made significant contributions. Thus, with the Chemistry Prize, the Academy "was chiefly faced with merely deciding the order in which these scientists should be awarded the prize". The Academy received 20 nominations, eleven of them for Jacobus van 't Hoff. Van 't Hoff was awarded the prize for his contributions in chemical thermodynamics. The Swedish Academy chose the poet Sully Prudhomme for the first Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Skoda Prize scene. The winner in 2011 was Navin Thomas The prize is sponsored by British Council, Pro Helvetia and Skoda among others. Its jury over the two years consisted of reputed artists from the Indian contemporary scene like Kiran Nadar, Vivan Sundaram and advisers to the jury includes art writer and critic Girish Shahane. In 2011, artist Jitish Kallat featured in the shortlist for THE ŠKODA PRIZE. The prize was cancelled in August 2013 as it was announced that ŠKODA would not be renewing its three-year contract to sponsor the prize. The first artist to be awarded in 2010 was Mithu