Nobel Prize Winners of 1930

In 1930, 5 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.

1930 - Chemistry

Hans Fischer - Male - 49 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin

Affiliation: Technische Hochschule (Institute of Technology) - Germany

1930 - Literature

Sinclair Lewis - Male - 45 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters

1930 - Medicine

Karl Landsteiner - Male - 62 years

Birth country: Austria

Motivation: for his discovery of human blood groups

Affiliation: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research - USA

1930 - Peace

Lars Olof Jonathan (Nathan) Söderblom - Male - 64 years

Birth country: Sweden

Motivation: for promoting Christian unity and helping create 'that new attitude of mind which is necessary if peace between nations is to become reality'

1930 - Physics

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman - Male - 42 years

Birth country: India

Motivation: for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him

Affiliation: Calcutta University - India

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