In 1959, 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.
Birth country: Czech Republic
Motivation: for his discovery and development of the polarographic methods of analysis
Affiliation: Polarographic Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Science - Czech Republic
Birth country: Italy
Motivation: for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times
Birth country: Spain
Motivation: for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid
Affiliation: New York University, College of Medicine - USA
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid
Affiliation: Stanford University - USA
Birth country: United Kingdom
Motivation: for his longstanding contribution to the cause of disarmament and peace
Birth country: Italy
Motivation: for their discovery of the antiproton
Affiliation: University of California - USA
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discovery of the antiproton
Affiliation: University of California - USA
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