Nobel Prize Winners of 1915

In 1915, 4 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 3 categories: Chemistry, Literature, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.

1915 - Chemistry

Richard Martin Willstätter - Male - 43 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for his researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll

Affiliation: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck Institut) für Chemie - Germany; Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität - Germany

1915 - Literature

Romain Rolland - Male - 50 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings

1915 - Physics

Sir William Henry Bragg - Male - 53 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays

Affiliation: University College - United Kingdom

William Lawrence Bragg - Male - 25 years

Birth country: Australia

Motivation: for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays

Affiliation: Victoria University - United Kingdom

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