Nobel Prize Winners of 1952

In 1952, 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.

1952 - Chemistry

Archer John Porter Martin - Male - 42 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for their invention of partition chromatography

Affiliation: National Institute for Medical Research - United Kingdom

Richard Laurence Millington Synge - Male - 38 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for their invention of partition chromatography

Affiliation: Rowett Research Institute - United Kingdom

1952 - Literature

François Mauriac - Male - 67 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life

1952 - Medicine

Selman Abraham Waksman - Male - 64 years

Birth country: Ukraine

Motivation: for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis

Affiliation: Rutgers University - USA

1952 - Peace

Albert Schweitzer - Male - 78 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one

1952 - Physics

Felix Bloch - Male - 47 years

Birth country: Switzerland

Motivation: for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith

Affiliation: Stanford University - USA

Edward Mills Purcell - Male - 40 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith

Affiliation: Harvard University - USA

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