Who among the following Nobel laureates has recently announced to put

Who among the following Nobel laureates has recently announced to put his Nobel Medal under auction ?

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Kailash Satyarthi

J D Watson

Mikhail Gorbachev

Jody Williams

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In December 2014, James D. Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his co-discovery of the structure of DNA, announced his decision to auction his Nobel medal. He cited financial reasons and feeling ostracized by the scientific community. The medal was later bought and returned to him by a Russian billionaire, Alisher Usmanov.

James D. Watson is a Nobel laureate known for his work on DNA structure who publicly announced the auction of his Nobel medal in 2014.

While Nobel medals are valuable, auctioning them is relatively uncommon. Other Nobel laureates have also auctioned their medals, often for charitable causes. Kailash Satyarthi also received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, but the news of auctioning a medal specifically points to Watson around this time.

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