Nobel Prize Winners of 1937

In 1937, 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.

1937 - Chemistry

Walter Norman Haworth - Male - 54 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C

Affiliation: Birmingham University - United Kingdom

Paul Karrer - Male - 48 years

Birth country: Russia

Motivation: for his investigations on carotenoids, flavins and vitamins A and B2

Affiliation: University of Zurich - Switzerland

1937 - Literature

Roger Martin du Gard - Male - 56 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: for the artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental aspects of contemporary life in his novel-cycle <I>Les Thibault</I>

1937 - Medicine

Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt - Male - 44 years

Birth country: Hungary

Motivation: for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid

Affiliation: Szeged University - Hungary

1937 - Peace

Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood - Male - 73 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for his tireless effort in support of the League of Nations, disarmament and peace

1937 - Physics

Clinton Joseph Davisson - Male - 56 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals

Affiliation: Bell Telephone Laboratories - USA

George Paget Thomson - Male - 45 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals

Affiliation: London University - United Kingdom

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