Nobel Prize Winners of 1929

In 1929, 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.

1929 - Chemistry

Arthur Harden - Male - 64 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes

Affiliation: London University - United Kingdom

Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin - Male - 56 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes

Affiliation: Stockholm University - Sweden

1929 - Literature

Thomas Mann - Male - 54 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: principally for his great novel, <I>Buddenbrooks</I>, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature

1929 - Medicine

Christiaan Eijkman - Male - 71 years

Birth country: the Netherlands

Motivation: for his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin

Affiliation: Utrecht University - the Netherlands

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins - Male - 68 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins

Affiliation: University of Cambridge - United Kingdom

1929 - Peace

Frank Billings Kellogg - Male - 73 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his crucial role in bringing about the Briand-Kellogg Pact

1929 - Physics

Prince Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie - Male - 37 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons

Affiliation: Sorbonne University, Institut Henri Poincaré - France

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