“As of 2014, ten Nobel laureates are associated with UCSB. UC Santa Barbara currently has six Nobel laureates on its faculty, out of the eight full-time faculty members who have won the Prize” (source). But you could argue that Geography Professor Emeritus Michael Goodchild should be added to the list(s).
Dr. Goodchild was the recipient of the Prix Vautrin Lud, regarded by many as Geography’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize, in 2007. “The Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, known in English as the Vautrin Lud Prize, is the highest award in the field of Geography. Established in 1991, the award is modeled on the Nobel Prize and is colloquially called the “Nobel Prize for Geography.” The award is named after the 16th Century French scholar Vautrin Lud who is credited with naming the New World America after Amerigo Vespucci. The award is given in the autumn of each year at the International Geography Festival in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France (the home town of Vautrin Lud) and decided upon by a five person international jury” (source).
“Several fields of human cultural and scientific development are not included in the Nobel Prizes because they were not part of Alfred Nobel’s will. Many unaffiliated prizes have since been referred to as “the Nobel Prize of X,” despite this being discouraged by the Nobel Foundation” (source).
