Nobel Prize Winners of 1921

In 1921, 5 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 4 categories: Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.

1921 - Chemistry

Frederick Soddy - Male - 45 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes

Affiliation: University of Oxford - United Kingdom

1921 - Literature

Anatole France - Male - 77 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament

1921 - Peace

Karl Hjalmar Branting - Male - 61 years

Birth country: Sweden

Motivation: for their lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organized internationalism

Christian Lous Lange - Male - 52 years

Birth country: Norway

Motivation: for their lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organized internationalism

1921 - Physics

Albert Einstein - Male - 43 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect

Affiliation: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institut) für Physik - Germany

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