Nobel Prize Winners of 1950

In 1950, 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.

1950 - Chemistry

Otto Paul Hermann Diels - Male - 74 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis

Affiliation: Kiel University - Germany

Kurt Alder - Male - 48 years

Birth country: Poland

Motivation: for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis

Affiliation: Cologne University - Germany

1950 - Literature

Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell - Male - 78 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought

1950 - Medicine

Edward Calvin Kendall - Male - 64 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects

Affiliation: Mayo Clinic - USA

Tadeus Reichstein - Male - 53 years

Birth country: Poland

Motivation: for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects

Affiliation: Basel University - Switzerland

Philip Showalter Hench - Male - 54 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects

Affiliation: Mayo Clinic - USA

1950 - Peace

Ralph Bunche - Male - 46 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949

Affiliation: Harvard University - USA

1950 - Physics

Cecil Frank Powell - Male - 46 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method

Affiliation: Bristol University - United Kingdom

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