In 1948, 4 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 4 categories: Chemistry, Literature, Medicine, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.
Birth country: Sweden
Motivation: for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins
Affiliation: Uppsala University - Sweden
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry
Birth country: Switzerland
Motivation: for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods
Affiliation: Laboratorium der Farben-Fabriken J.R. Geigy A.G. (Laboratory of the J.R. Geigy Dye-Factory Co.) - Switzerland
Birth country: United Kingdom
Motivation: for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation
Affiliation: Victoria University - United Kingdom
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