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    Who was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

    Question #67200. Asked by 77nellie. (Jun 20 06 9:06 AM)


    teash

    		President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_peace_prize#Nominations

    Jun 20 06, 9:09 AM
    hitmolliejane

    		Albert Abraham Michelson (1852-1931), a German-born American physicist (a scientist specializing in the interaction between energy and matter), received the 1907 Nobel Prize in physics, becoming the first American to win the award.
    http://www.enotes.com/science-fact-finder/general-science-technology/who-was-first-american-receive-nobel-prize
    http://www.enotes.com/science-fact-finder/general-science-technology/who-was-first-american-receive-nobel-prize

    Jun 03 08, 10:32 AM

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