Nobel Prize Winners of 1966

In 1966, 6 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 4 categories: Chemistry, Literature, Medicine, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.

1966 - Chemistry

Robert S. Mulliken - Male - 70 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method

Affiliation: University of Chicago - USA

1966 - Literature

Shmuel Yosef Agnon - Male - 78 years

Birth country: Ukraine

Motivation: for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people

Nelly Sachs - Female - 74 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength

1966 - Medicine

Peyton Rous - Male - 87 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses

Affiliation: Rockefeller University - USA

Charles Brenton Huggins - Male - 65 years

Birth country: Canada

Motivation: for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer

Affiliation: University of Chicago, Ben May Laboratory for Cancer Research - USA

1966 - Physics

Alfred Kastler - Male - 64 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms

Affiliation: École Normale Supérieure - France

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