Nobel Prize Winners of 1967

In 1967, 8 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.

1967 - Chemistry

Manfred Eigen - Male - 40 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy

Affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Physikalische Chemie - Germany

Ronald George Wreyford Norrish - Male - 69 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy

Affiliation: Institute of Physical Chemistry - United Kingdom

George Porter - Male - 46 years

Birth country: United Kingdom

Motivation: for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy

Affiliation: Royal Institution of Great Britain - United Kingdom

1967 - Literature

Miguel Angel Asturias - Male - 68 years

Birth country: Guatemala

Motivation: for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America

1967 - Medicine

Ragnar Granit - Male - 66 years

Birth country: Finland

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye

Affiliation: Karolinska Institutet - Sweden

Haldan Keffer Hartline - Male - 63 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye

Affiliation: Rockefeller University - USA

George Wald - Male - 60 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye

Affiliation: Harvard University - USA

1967 - Physics

Hans Albrecht Bethe - Male - 61 years

Birth country: France

Motivation: for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars

Affiliation: Cornell University - USA

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