The1990 Nobel Prizes were awarded by theNobel Foundation, based inSweden. Six categories were awarded:Physics,Chemistry,Physiology or Medicine,Literature,Peace, andEconomic Sciences.[1]
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 | Jerome I. Friedman (b. 1930) |  American | "for their pioneering investigations concerningdeep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of thequark model in particle physics" | [2] |
 | Henry Way Kendall (1926–1999) | |||
.jpg) | Richard E. Taylor (1929–2018) |  Canadian | ||
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 | Elias James Corey (b. 1928) | American | "for his development of the theory and methodology oforganic synthesis" | [3] |
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| Joseph E. Murray (1919–2012) | United States | "for their discoveries concerningorgan and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease" | [4] | |
 | E. Donnall Thomas (1920–2012) | |||
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_(cropped).jpg) | Octavio Paz (1914–1998) |  Mexico | "for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity" | [5] |
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 | Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) |  Soviet Union | "for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations." | [6] |
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| Harry Markowitz (1927–2023) | United States | "for their pioneering work in the theory offinancial economics" | [7] | |
| Merton Miller (1923–2000) | ||||
 | William F. Sharpe (b. 1934) | |||