1927 - Chemistry
Heinrich Otto Wieland - Male - 51 years
Birth country: Germany
Motivation: for his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids and related substances
Affiliation: Munich University - Germany
Nobel Prize Winners of 1927
In 1927, 7 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.
1927 - Literature
Henri Bergson - Male - 69 years
Birth country: France
Motivation: in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented
1927 - Medicine
Julius Wagner-Jauregg - Male - 70 years
Birth country: Austria
Motivation: for his discovery of the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica
Affiliation: Vienna University - Austria
1927 - Peace
Ferdinand Buisson - Male - 85 years
Birth country: France
Motivation: for their contribution to the emergence in France and Germany of a public opinion which favours peaceful international cooperation
Ludwig Quidde - Male - 69 years
Birth country: Germany
Motivation: for their contribution to the emergence in France and Germany of a public opinion which favours peaceful international cooperation
1927 - Physics
Arthur Holly Compton - Male - 35 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for his discovery of the effect named after him
Affiliation: University of Chicago - USA
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson - Male - 58 years
Birth country: Scotland
Motivation: for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour
Affiliation: University of Cambridge - United Kingdom
