Nobel Prize Winners of 1946

James Batcheller Sumner - Male - 58 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized

Affiliation: Cornell University - USA

John Howard Northrop - Male - 55 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form

Affiliation: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research - USA

Wendell Meredith Stanley - Male - 42 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form

Affiliation: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research - USA

Hermann Hesse - Male - 69 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style

Hermann Joseph Muller - Male - 55 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation

Affiliation: Indiana University - USA

Emily Greene Balch - Female - 79 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for her lifelong work for the cause of peace

John Raleigh Mott - Male - 81 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries

Percy Williams Bridgman - Male - 64 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures, and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics

Affiliation: Harvard University - USA