Cayvan, American stage actress (b. 1857) November 28 – Jennie Yeamans, Australian-born American actress (b. 1862) November 30 – Sir Edward Reed, British naval architect, author, politician, and railroad magnate (b. 1830) December 7 – Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833) December 8 – Sylvia Gerrish, American musical theatre star (b. 1860) December 13 – Jan Gerard Palm, Dutch composer (b. 1831) December 21 – Rajendrasuri, Indian religious reformer (b. 1827) December 30 – Josephine Butler, British feminist, social reformer (b. 1828) Nobel Prizes Physics – J. J. Thomson Chemistry – Henri Moissan Medicine – Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal Literature – Giosuè Carducci Peace – Theodore Roosevelt References Sources , comprehensive guide to political events worldwide; emphasis on Britain Further reading Gilbert, Martin. A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume 1 1900-1933 (1997); global coverage of politics, diplomacy and warfare; pp 123 – 42. Hazell's Annual for 1907 (1907), worldwide events of 1906; 734pp online