Nobel Prize Winners of 1965

In 1965, 9 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.

1965 - Chemistry

Robert Burns Woodward - Male - 48 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis

Affiliation: Harvard University - USA

1965 - Literature

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov - Male - 60 years

Birth country: Russia

Motivation: for the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people

1965 - Medicine

François Jacob - Male - 45 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis

Affiliation: Institut Pasteur - France

André Lwoff - Male - 63 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis

Affiliation: Institut Pasteur - France

Jacques Monod - Male - 55 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis

Affiliation: Institut Pasteur - France

1965 - Peace

Organization: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Country of Origin: USA

Motivation: for its effort to enhance solidarity between nations and reduce the difference between rich and poor states

1965 - Physics

Sin-Itiro Tomonaga - Male - 59 years

Birth country: Japan

Motivation: for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles

Affiliation: Tokyo University of Education - Japan

Julian Schwinger - Male - 47 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles

Affiliation: Harvard University - USA

Richard P. Feynman - Male - 47 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles

Affiliation: California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - USA

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