# The 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded in 1922 for the photoelectric effect, not for GR

Date: 1922

## The fact

The 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded in 1922 for the photoelectric effect, not for general relativity. The citation is the instrument. Albert Einstein's documented role is: The Academy cited photoelectric work. He was in Japan; a later lecture fulfilled the duty.

## Context

Svedberg and the committee are the counterpart. Sharing the honour with that citation is required. The setting of The 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded in 1922 for the photoelectric effect, not for GR is the public file around 1922-12-10. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not treat the prize as a GR stamp. The citation is photoelectric. Mixed effects of The 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded in 1922 for the photoelectric effect, not for GR are separate paths.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Nobel Prize — Albert Einstein 1921 at https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1921/einstein/biographical/ (Nobel Foundation). Independent locator: Britannica — Einstein, Nobel Prize at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-Einstein (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Nobel Prize — Albert Einstein 1921 (https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1921/einstein/biographical/; Nobel Foundation). Independent carrier: Britannica — Einstein, Nobel Prize (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-Einstein; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Nobel Prize — Albert Einstein 1921 (https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1921/einstein/biographical/; Nobel Foundation).

## Significance

Improving path from The 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded in 1922 for the photoelectric effect, not for GR on 1922-12-10. A dated Nobel is an education-honour path of medium weight. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of The 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded in 1922 for the photoelectric effect, not for GR under 1922-12-10 for Albert Einstein. Established: a sourced public record of The 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded in 1922 for the photoelectric effect, not for GR under 1922-12-10.

Shared responsibility is part of The 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded in 1922 for the photoelectric effect, not for GR. Naming Albert Einstein does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1922-12-10 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## People

- Albert Einstein: https://factrail.ai/people/albert-einstein

## Sources

- https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1921/einstein/biographical/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-Einstein

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ein-nobel-1921