Nobel Prize Winners of 1943

In 1943, 4 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 3 categories: Chemistry, Medicine, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.

1943 - Chemistry

George de Hevesy - Male - 59 years

Birth country: Hungary

Motivation: for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes

Affiliation: Stockholm University - Sweden

1943 - Medicine

Henrik Carl Peter Dam - Male - 49 years

Birth country: Denmark

Motivation: for his discovery of vitamin K

Affiliation: Polytechnic Institute - Denmark

Edward Adelbert Doisy - Male - 50 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his discovery of the chemical nature of vitamin K

Affiliation: Saint Louis University - USA

1943 - Physics

Otto Stern - Male - 56 years

Birth country: Poland

Motivation: for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton

Affiliation: Carnegie Institute of Technology - USA

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