Nobel Prize Winners of 1951

In 1951, 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.

1951 - Chemistry

Edwin Mattison McMillan - Male - 44 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements

Affiliation: University of California - USA

Glenn Theodore Seaborg - Male - 39 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements

Affiliation: University of California - USA

1951 - Literature

Pär Fabian Lagerkvist - Male - 60 years

Birth country: Sweden

Motivation: for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind

1951 - Medicine

Max Theiler - Male - 52 years

Birth country: South Africa

Motivation: for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it

Affiliation: Laboratories of the Division of Medicine and Public Health, Rockefeller Foundation - USA

1951 - Peace

Léon Jouhaux - Male - 72 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: for having devoted his life to the fight against war through the promotion of social justice and brotherhood among men and nations

1951 - Physics

Sir John Douglas Cockcroft - Male - 54 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles

Affiliation: Atomic Energy Research Establishment - United Kingdom

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton - Male - 48 years

Birth country: Ireland

Motivation: for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles

Affiliation: Trinity College - Ireland

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