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.
Paul Prudhomme golf tournament. He at first thought a bee had stung his arm, required no serious medical attention, and within five minutes was back to cooking for the golf tournament. It was thought to have been a falling bullet. Prudhomme died in New Orleans on October 8, 2015, after a brief illness. He was 75. Prudhomme has made five seasons of cooking shows for New Orleans' PBS affiliate WYES-TV. Prudhomme also hosted short segments called "The Magic of Chef Paul" which were syndicated to news stations across the country. Each segment ended with his catchphrase, "Good cooking, good eating, good loving!"