Who is the eldest person, at the age of 90, to have won the Nobel Prize?
Correct answer: C. Leonid Hurwicz
- A. Raymond Davis
- B. Doris Lessing
- C. Leonid Hurwicz
- D. Yoichiro Nambu
Explanation
Leonid Hurwicz was 90 when he received the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, making him the oldest Nobel laureate under the record cited by this question. This record was later surpassed by John B. Goodenough, who was 97 in 2019.
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