Nobel Prize Winners of 1933

In 1933, 5 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 4 categories: Literature, Medicine, Peace, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.

1933 - Literature

Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin - Male - 63 years

Birth country: Russia

Motivation: for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing

1933 - Medicine

Thomas Hunt Morgan - Male - 67 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity

Affiliation: California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - USA

1933 - Peace

Sir Norman Angell (Ralph Lane) - Male - 61 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for having exposed by his pen the illusion of war and presented a convincing plea for international cooperation and peace

1933 - Physics

Erwin Schrödinger - Male - 46 years

Birth country: Austria

Motivation: for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory

Affiliation: Berlin University - Germany

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac - Male - 31 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory

Affiliation: University of Cambridge - United Kingdom

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