Nobel Prize Winners of 1945

In 1945, 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.

1945 - Chemistry

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen - Male - 50 years

Birth country: Finland

Motivation: for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method

Affiliation: University of Helsinki - Finland

1945 - Literature

Gabriela Mistral - Female - 56 years

Birth country: Chile

Motivation: for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world

1945 - Medicine

Sir Alexander Fleming - Male - 64 years

Birth country: Scotland

Motivation: for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases

Affiliation: London University - United Kingdom

Ernst Boris Chain - Male - 39 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases

Affiliation: University of Oxford - United Kingdom

Sir Howard Walter Florey - Male - 47 years

Birth country: Australia

Motivation: for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases

Affiliation: University of Oxford - United Kingdom

1945 - Peace

Cordell Hull - Male - 74 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his indefatigable work for international understanding and his pivotal role in establishing the United Nations

1945 - Physics

Wolfgang Pauli - Male - 45 years

Birth country: Austria

Motivation: for the discovery of the Exclusion Principle, also called the Pauli Principle

Affiliation: Princeton University - USA

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