Nobel Prize Winners of 1922

In 1922, 6 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 5 categories: Chemistry, Literature, Medicine, Peace, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.

1922 - Chemistry

Francis William Aston - Male - 45 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule

Affiliation: University of Cambridge - United Kingdom

1922 - Literature

Jacinto Benavente - Male - 56 years

Birth country: Spain

Motivation: for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama

1922 - Medicine

Archibald Vivian Hill - Male - 36 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle

Affiliation: London University - United Kingdom

Otto Fritz Meyerhof - Male - 38 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle

Affiliation: Kiel University - Germany

1922 - Peace

Fridtjof Nansen - Male - 61 years

Birth country: Norway

Motivation: for his leading role in the repatriation of prisoners of war, in international relief work and as the League of Nations' High Commissioner for refugees

1922 - Physics

Niels Henrik David Bohr - Male - 37 years

Birth country: Denmark

Motivation: for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them

Affiliation: Copenhagen University - Denmark

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