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.
Sammy Jo Prudhomme Sammy Jo Prudhomme Sammy Jo Prudhomme (born October 25, 1993) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for the Boston Breakers. Born in Torrance, CA and raised in Aliso Viejo, California, Sammy Jo attended Aliso Niguel High School, where she lettered all four years and started her Junior and Senior seasons, became the MVP and Team Captain for both years. She is the daughter of Jon and Jo Beth Prudhomme, and has one brother, Nick. Prudhomme began her college career as an Oregon