Nobel Prize Winners of 1971

In 1971, 6 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 6 categories: Chemistry, Economic Sciences, Literature, Medicine, Peace, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.

1971 - Chemistry

Gerhard Herzberg - Male - 66 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals

Affiliation: National Research Council of Canada - Canada

1971 - Economic Sciences

Simon Kuznets - Male - 70 years

Birth country: Belarus

Motivation: for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social structure and process of development

Affiliation: Harvard University - USA

1971 - Literature

Pablo Neruda - Male - 67 years

Birth country: Chile

Motivation: for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams

1971 - Medicine

Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. - Male - 55 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones

Affiliation: Vanderbilt University - USA

1971 - Peace

Willy Brandt - Male - 57 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West

1971 - Physics

Dennis Gabor - Male - 71 years

Birth country: Hungary

Motivation: for his invention and development of the holographic method

Affiliation: Imperial College - United Kingdom

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