1947 - Chemistry
Sir Robert Robinson - Male - 61 years
Birth country: United Kingdom
Motivation: for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids
Affiliation: University of Oxford - United Kingdom
Nobel Prize Winners of 1947
In 1947, 8 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.
1947 - Literature
André Paul Guillaume Gide - Male - 77 years
Birth country: France
Motivation: for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight
1947 - Medicine
Carl Ferdinand Cori - Male - 50 years
Birth country: Czech Republic
Motivation: for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen
Affiliation: Washington University - USA
Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz - Female - 51 years
Birth country: Czech Republic
Motivation: for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen
Affiliation: Washington University - USA
Bernardo Alberto Houssay - Male - 60 years
Birth country: Argentina
Motivation: for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar
Affiliation: Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental (Institute for Biology and Experimental Medicine) - Argentina
1947 - Peace
Organization: Friends Service Council
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Motivation: for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering, thereby promoting the fraternity between nations
Organization: American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Country of Origin: USA
Motivation: for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering, thereby promoting the fraternity between nations
1947 - Physics
Sir Edward Victor Appleton - Male - 55 years
Birth country: United Kingdom
Motivation: for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer
Affiliation: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research - United Kingdom
