1944 - Chemistry
Otto Hahn - Male - 66 years
Birth country: Germany
Motivation: for his discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei
Affiliation: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck Institut) für Chemie - Germany
Nobel Prize Winners of 1944
In 1944, 6 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.
1944 - Literature
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen - Male - 71 years
Birth country: Denmark
Motivation: for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style
1944 - Medicine
Joseph Erlanger - Male - 70 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres
Affiliation: Washington University - USA
Herbert Spencer Gasser - Male - 56 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres
Affiliation: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research - USA
1944 - Peace
Organization: International Committee of the Red Cross
Country of Origin: Switzerland
Motivation: for the great work it has performed during the war on behalf of humanity
1944 - Physics
Isidor Isaac Rabi - Male - 46 years
Birth country: Poland
Motivation: for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei
Affiliation: Columbia University - USA
