Nobel Prize Winners of 1919

In 1919, 4 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 4 categories: Literature, Medicine, Peace, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.

1919 - Literature

Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler - Male - 75 years

Birth country: Switzerland

Motivation: in special appreciation of his epic, <I>Olympian Spring</I>

1919 - Medicine

Jules Bordet - Male - 50 years

Birth country: Belgium

Motivation: for his discoveries relating to immunity

Affiliation: Brussels University - Belgium

1919 - Peace

Thomas Woodrow Wilson - Male - 63 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his role as founder of the League of Nations

1919 - Physics

Johannes Stark - Male - 45 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields

Affiliation: Greifswald University - Germany

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