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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1900s (57) 1908 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1840s (20) 1846 (2) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Aurich (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1920s (25) 1926 (3) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Jena (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) R (80) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) E (23) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) R (59) Rudolf (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 63 (25) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Educational Instruction and Library Occupations (13) Postsecondary Teachers (12) Arts, Communications, History, and Humanities Teachers, Postsecondary (5) Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary (5) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, central (117) Germany (98) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Berlin (62) Humboldt University of Berlin (56) Alumni (32) Göttingen (44) University of Göttingen (44) Alumni (20) Europe, western (390) Switzerland (65) Basel (12) University of Basel (12) Long-term academic staff (3) North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Short-term academic staff (75) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships E-P (571) L (51) Lincean Academy (51) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (111) complete name: Rudolf Christoph Eucken nobel prize: literature award year: 1908 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1908 was awarded to Rudolf Christoph Eucken "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Rudolf family name: Eucken occupation: writer occupation: university teacher occupation: philosopher work location: University of Jena, Fürstengraben 1; 07743 JenaJena, Germany description: Rudolf Christoph Eucken was a German philosopher. He received the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life", after he had been nominated by a member of the Swedish Academy. pronunciation: (German: [ˈɔʏkn̩]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1908. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1908/summary/> date birth: 1846 date death: 1926 usual name: Rudolf Eucken
