Nobel Prize Winners of 1963

In 1963, 11 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.

1963 - Chemistry

Karl Ziegler - Male - 64 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers

Affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung - Germany

Giulio Natta - Male - 60 years

Birth country: Italy

Motivation: for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers

Affiliation: Institute of Technology - Italy

1963 - Literature

Giorgos Seferis - Male - 63 years

Birth country: Turkey

Motivation: for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture

1963 - Medicine

Sir John Carew Eccles - Male - 60 years

Birth country: Australia

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane

Affiliation: Australian National University - Australia

Alan Lloyd Hodgkin - Male - 49 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane

Affiliation: University of Cambridge - United Kingdom

Andrew Fielding Huxley - Male - 45 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane

Affiliation: University College - United Kingdom

1963 - Peace

Organization: International Committee of the Red Cross

Country of Origin: Switzerland

Motivation: for promoting the principles of the Geneva Convention and cooperation with the UN

Organization: League of Red Cross Societies

Country of Origin: France

Motivation: for promoting the principles of the Geneva Convention and cooperation with the UN

1963 - Physics

Eugene Paul Wigner - Male - 60 years

Birth country: Hungary

Motivation: for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles

Affiliation: Princeton University - USA

Maria Goeppert Mayer - Female - 57 years

Birth country: Poland

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure

Affiliation: University of California - USA

J. Hans D. Jensen - Male - 56 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure

Affiliation: University of Heidelberg - Germany

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