Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature between 1944 and 1948?

Answer: Johannes V. Jensen

Answer: Gabriela Mistral

Answer: Hermann Hesse

Answer: André Gide

Answer: T.S. Eliot

Johannes V. Jensen
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1944.
Born: 20, Jan, 1873, Farsø, Denmark
Died: 25, Nov, 1950, Copenhagen, Denmark
Prize motivation: "for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold freshly creative style"
Prize share: 1/1

Gabriela Mistral
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1945.
Born: 7, Apr, 1889, Vicuña, Chile
Died: 10, Jan, 1957, Hempstead NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for her lyric poetry which inspired by powerful emotions has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world"
Prize share: 1/1

Hermann Hesse
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946.
Born: 2, Jul, 1877, Calw, Germany
Died: 9, Aug, 1962, Montagnola, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his inspired writings which while growing in boldness and penetration exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style"
Prize share: 1/1

André Gide
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1947.
Born: 22, Nov, 1869, Paris, France
Died: 19, Feb, 1951, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight"
Prize share: 1/1

T.S. Eliot
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1948.
Born: 26, Sep, 1888, St. Louis MO, USA
Died: 4, Jan, 1965, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his outstanding pioneer contribution to present-day poetry"
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry between 1944 and 1948?

Answer: Otto Hahn

Answer: Artturi Virtanen

Answer: James B. Sumner

Answer: John H. Northrop

Answer: Wendell M. Stanley

Answer: Sir Robert Robinson

Answer: Arne Tiselius

Otto Hahn
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1944.
Born: 8, Mar, 1879, Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany
Died: 28, Jul, 1968, Göttingen, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck Institut) für Chemie, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany
Prize share: 1/1

Artturi Virtanen
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1945.
Born: 15, Jan, 1895, Helsinki, Russian Empire (now Finland)
Died: 11, Nov, 1973, Helsinki, Finland
Prize motivation: "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry especially for his fodder preservation method"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Prize share: 1/1

James B. Sumner
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946.
Born: 19, Nov, 1887, Canton MA, USA
Died: 12, Aug, 1955, Buffalo NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA
Prize share: 1/2

John H. Northrop
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946.
Born: 5, Jul, 1891, Yonkers NY, USA
Died: 27, May, 1987, Wickenberg AZ, USA
Prize motivation: "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Wendell M. Stanley
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946.
Born: 16, Aug, 1904, Ridgeville IN, USA
Died: 15, Jun, 1971, Salamanca, Spain
Prize motivation: "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Sir Robert Robinson
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1947.
Born: 13, Sep, 1886, Rufford near Chesterfield, United Kingdom
Died: 8, Feb, 1975, Great Missenden, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his investigations on plant products of biological importance especially the alkaloids"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Arne Tiselius
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948.
Born: 10, Aug, 1902, Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 29, Oct, 1971, Uppsala, Sweden
Prize motivation: "for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Peace between 1944 and 1948?

Answer: International Committee of the Red Cross

Answer: Cordell Hull

Answer: John R. Mott

Answer: Emily Greene Balch

Answer: Friends Service Council

Answer: American Friends Service Committee

International Committee of the Red Cross
The Nobel Peace Prize 1944.
Founded: 1863
Prize motivation: "for the great work it has performed during the war on behalf of humanity"

Cordell Hull
The Nobel Peace Prize 1945.
Born: 2, Oct, 1871, Olympus TN, USA
Died: 23, Jul, 1955, Bethesda MD, USA
Prize motivation: "for his indefatigable work for international understanding and his pivotal role in establishing the United Nations"

John R. Mott
The Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
Born: 25, May, 1865, Livingston Manor NY, USA
Died: 31, Jan, 1955, USA
Prize motivation: "for his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries"

Emily Greene Balch
The Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
Born: 8, Jan, 1867, Jamaica Plain MA (now Boston MA), USA
Died: 9, Jan, 1961, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for her lifelong work for the cause of peace"

Friends Service Council
The Nobel Peace Prize 1947.
Founded: 1647
Prize motivation: "for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering thereby promoting the fraternity between nations"

American Friends Service Committee
The Nobel Peace Prize 1947.
Founded: 1917
Prize motivation: "for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering thereby promoting the fraternity between nations"


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine between 1944 and 1948?

Answer: Joseph Erlanger

Answer: Herbert S. Gasser

Answer: Sir Alexander Fleming

Answer: Ernst B. Chain

Answer: Sir Howard Florey

Answer: Hermann J. Muller

Answer: Gerty Cori

Answer: Bernardo Houssay

Answer: Carl Cori

Answer: Paul Müller

Joseph Erlanger
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1944.
Born: 5, Jan, 1874, San Francisco CA, USA
Died: 5, Dec, 1965, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Washington University, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Herbert S. Gasser
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1944.
Born: 5, Jul, 1888, Platteville WI, USA
Died: 11, May, 1963, New York NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Sir Alexander Fleming
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.
Born: 6, Aug, 1881, Lochfield, Scotland
Died: 11, Mar, 1955, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
Affiliation at the time of the award: London University, London, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/3

Ernst B. Chain
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.
Born: 19, Jun, 1906, Berlin, Germany
Died: 12, Aug, 1979, Mulrany, Ireland
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/3

Sir Howard Florey
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.
Born: 24, Sep, 1898, Adelaide, Australia
Died: 21, Feb, 1968, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/3

Hermann J. Muller
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1946.
Born: 21, Dec, 1890, New York NY, USA
Died: 5, Apr, 1967, Indianapolis IN, USA
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Indiana University, Bloomington IN, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Gerty Cori
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Born: 15, Aug, 1896, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died: 26, Oct, 1957, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Washington University, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Bernardo Houssay
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Born: 10, Apr, 1887, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: 21, Sep, 1971, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental (Institute for Biology and Experimental Medicine), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prize share: 1/2

Carl Cori
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Born: 5, Dec, 1896, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died: 20, Oct, 1984, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Washington University, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Paul Müller
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1948.
Born: 12, Jan, 1899, Olten, Switzerland
Died: 12, Oct, 1965, Basel, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Laboratorium der Farben-Fabriken J.R. Geigy A.G. (Laboratory of the J.R. Geigy Dye-Factory Co.), Basel, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics between 1944 and 1948?

Answer: Isidor Isaac Rabi

Answer: Wolfgang Pauli

Answer: Percy W. Bridgman

Answer: Edward V. Appleton

Answer: Patrick M.S. Blackett

Isidor Isaac Rabi
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1944.
Born: 29, Jul, 1898, Rymanow, Austria-Hungary (now Poland)
Died: 11, Jan, 1988, New York NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Columbia University, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Wolfgang Pauli
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1945.
Born: 25, Apr, 1900, Vienna, Austria
Died: 15, Dec, 1958, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of the Exclusion Principle also called the Pauli Principle"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Princeton University, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Percy W. Bridgman
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1946.
Born: 21, Apr, 1882, Cambridge MA, USA
Died: 20, Aug, 1961, Randolph NH, USA
Prize motivation: "for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Edward V. Appleton
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1947.
Born: 6, Sep, 1892, Bradford, United Kingdom
Died: 21, Apr, 1965, Edinburgh, Scotland
Prize motivation: "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, London, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Patrick M.S. Blackett
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1948.
Born: 18, Nov, 1897, London, United Kingdom
Died: 13, Jul, 1974, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature between 1945 and 1949?

Answer: Gabriela Mistral

Answer: Hermann Hesse

Answer: André Gide

Answer: T.S. Eliot

Answer: William Faulkner

Gabriela Mistral
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1945.
Born: 7, Apr, 1889, Vicuña, Chile
Died: 10, Jan, 1957, Hempstead NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for her lyric poetry which inspired by powerful emotions has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world"
Prize share: 1/1

Hermann Hesse
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946.
Born: 2, Jul, 1877, Calw, Germany
Died: 9, Aug, 1962, Montagnola, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his inspired writings which while growing in boldness and penetration exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style"
Prize share: 1/1

André Gide
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1947.
Born: 22, Nov, 1869, Paris, France
Died: 19, Feb, 1951, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight"
Prize share: 1/1

T.S. Eliot
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1948.
Born: 26, Sep, 1888, St. Louis MO, USA
Died: 4, Jan, 1965, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his outstanding pioneer contribution to present-day poetry"
Prize share: 1/1

William Faulkner
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949.
Born: 25, Sep, 1897, New Albany MS, USA
Died: 6, Jul, 1962, Byhalia MS, USA
Prize motivation: "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry between 1945 and 1949?

Answer: Artturi Virtanen

Answer: James B. Sumner

Answer: John H. Northrop

Answer: Wendell M. Stanley

Answer: Sir Robert Robinson

Answer: Arne Tiselius

Answer: William F. Giauque

Artturi Virtanen
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1945.
Born: 15, Jan, 1895, Helsinki, Russian Empire (now Finland)
Died: 11, Nov, 1973, Helsinki, Finland
Prize motivation: "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry especially for his fodder preservation method"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Prize share: 1/1

James B. Sumner
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946.
Born: 19, Nov, 1887, Canton MA, USA
Died: 12, Aug, 1955, Buffalo NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA
Prize share: 1/2

John H. Northrop
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946.
Born: 5, Jul, 1891, Yonkers NY, USA
Died: 27, May, 1987, Wickenberg AZ, USA
Prize motivation: "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Wendell M. Stanley
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946.
Born: 16, Aug, 1904, Ridgeville IN, USA
Died: 15, Jun, 1971, Salamanca, Spain
Prize motivation: "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Sir Robert Robinson
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1947.
Born: 13, Sep, 1886, Rufford near Chesterfield, United Kingdom
Died: 8, Feb, 1975, Great Missenden, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his investigations on plant products of biological importance especially the alkaloids"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Arne Tiselius
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948.
Born: 10, Aug, 1902, Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 29, Oct, 1971, Uppsala, Sweden
Prize motivation: "for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Prize share: 1/1

William F. Giauque
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949.
Born: 12, May, 1895, Niagara Falls, Canada
Died: 28, Mar, 1982, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Peace between 1945 and 1949?

Answer: Cordell Hull

Answer: John R. Mott

Answer: Emily Greene Balch

Answer: Friends Service Council

Answer: American Friends Service Committee

Answer: John Boyd Orr

Cordell Hull
The Nobel Peace Prize 1945.
Born: 2, Oct, 1871, Olympus TN, USA
Died: 23, Jul, 1955, Bethesda MD, USA
Prize motivation: "for his indefatigable work for international understanding and his pivotal role in establishing the United Nations"

John R. Mott
The Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
Born: 25, May, 1865, Livingston Manor NY, USA
Died: 31, Jan, 1955, USA
Prize motivation: "for his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries"

Emily Greene Balch
The Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
Born: 8, Jan, 1867, Jamaica Plain MA (now Boston MA), USA
Died: 9, Jan, 1961, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for her lifelong work for the cause of peace"

Friends Service Council
The Nobel Peace Prize 1947.
Founded: 1647
Prize motivation: "for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering thereby promoting the fraternity between nations"

American Friends Service Committee
The Nobel Peace Prize 1947.
Founded: 1917
Prize motivation: "for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering thereby promoting the fraternity between nations"

John Boyd Orr
The Nobel Peace Prize 1949.
Born: 23, Sep, 1880, Kilmaurs, Scotland
Died: 25, Jun, 1971, Edzell, Scotland
Prize motivation: "for his lifelong effort to conquer hunger and want thereby helping to remove a major cause of military conflict and war"


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine between 1945 and 1949?

Answer: Sir Alexander Fleming

Answer: Ernst B. Chain

Answer: Sir Howard Florey

Answer: Hermann J. Muller

Answer: Gerty Cori

Answer: Bernardo Houssay

Answer: Carl Cori

Answer: Paul Müller

Answer: Egas Moniz

Answer: Walter Hess

Sir Alexander Fleming
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.
Born: 6, Aug, 1881, Lochfield, Scotland
Died: 11, Mar, 1955, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
Affiliation at the time of the award: London University, London, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/3

Ernst B. Chain
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.
Born: 19, Jun, 1906, Berlin, Germany
Died: 12, Aug, 1979, Mulrany, Ireland
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/3

Sir Howard Florey
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.
Born: 24, Sep, 1898, Adelaide, Australia
Died: 21, Feb, 1968, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/3

Hermann J. Muller
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1946.
Born: 21, Dec, 1890, New York NY, USA
Died: 5, Apr, 1967, Indianapolis IN, USA
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Indiana University, Bloomington IN, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Gerty Cori
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Born: 15, Aug, 1896, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died: 26, Oct, 1957, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Washington University, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Bernardo Houssay
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Born: 10, Apr, 1887, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: 21, Sep, 1971, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental (Institute for Biology and Experimental Medicine), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prize share: 1/2

Carl Cori
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Born: 5, Dec, 1896, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died: 20, Oct, 1984, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Washington University, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Paul Müller
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1948.
Born: 12, Jan, 1899, Olten, Switzerland
Died: 12, Oct, 1965, Basel, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Laboratorium der Farben-Fabriken J.R. Geigy A.G. (Laboratory of the J.R. Geigy Dye-Factory Co.), Basel, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/1

Egas Moniz
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
Born: 29, Nov, 1874, Avanca, Portugal
Died: 13, Dec, 1955, Lisbon, Portugal
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Prize share: 1/2

Walter Hess
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
Born: 17, Mar, 1881, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Died: 12, Aug, 1973, Ascona, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/2


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics between 1945 and 1949?

Answer: Wolfgang Pauli

Answer: Percy W. Bridgman

Answer: Edward V. Appleton

Answer: Patrick M.S. Blackett

Answer: Hideki Yukawa

Wolfgang Pauli
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1945.
Born: 25, Apr, 1900, Vienna, Austria
Died: 15, Dec, 1958, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of the Exclusion Principle also called the Pauli Principle"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Princeton University, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Percy W. Bridgman
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1946.
Born: 21, Apr, 1882, Cambridge MA, USA
Died: 20, Aug, 1961, Randolph NH, USA
Prize motivation: "for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Edward V. Appleton
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1947.
Born: 6, Sep, 1892, Bradford, United Kingdom
Died: 21, Apr, 1965, Edinburgh, Scotland
Prize motivation: "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, London, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Patrick M.S. Blackett
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1948.
Born: 18, Nov, 1897, London, United Kingdom
Died: 13, Jul, 1974, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Hideki Yukawa
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1949.
Born: 23, Jan, 1907, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 8, Sep, 1981, Kyoto, Japan
Prize motivation: "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Columbia University, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature between 1946 and 1950?

Answer: Hermann Hesse

Answer: André Gide

Answer: T.S. Eliot

Answer: William Faulkner

Answer: Bertrand Russell

Hermann Hesse
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946.
Born: 2, Jul, 1877, Calw, Germany
Died: 9, Aug, 1962, Montagnola, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his inspired writings which while growing in boldness and penetration exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style"
Prize share: 1/1

André Gide
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1947.
Born: 22, Nov, 1869, Paris, France
Died: 19, Feb, 1951, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight"
Prize share: 1/1

T.S. Eliot
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1948.
Born: 26, Sep, 1888, St. Louis MO, USA
Died: 4, Jan, 1965, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his outstanding pioneer contribution to present-day poetry"
Prize share: 1/1

William Faulkner
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949.
Born: 25, Sep, 1897, New Albany MS, USA
Died: 6, Jul, 1962, Byhalia MS, USA
Prize motivation: "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"
Prize share: 1/1

Bertrand Russell
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950.
Born: 18, May, 1872, Trelleck, United Kingdom
Died: 2, Feb, 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry between 1946 and 1950?

Answer: James B. Sumner

Answer: John H. Northrop

Answer: Wendell M. Stanley

Answer: Sir Robert Robinson

Answer: Arne Tiselius

Answer: William F. Giauque

Answer: Kurt Alder

Answer: Otto Diels

James B. Sumner
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946.
Born: 19, Nov, 1887, Canton MA, USA
Died: 12, Aug, 1955, Buffalo NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA
Prize share: 1/2

John H. Northrop
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946.
Born: 5, Jul, 1891, Yonkers NY, USA
Died: 27, May, 1987, Wickenberg AZ, USA
Prize motivation: "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Wendell M. Stanley
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946.
Born: 16, Aug, 1904, Ridgeville IN, USA
Died: 15, Jun, 1971, Salamanca, Spain
Prize motivation: "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Sir Robert Robinson
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1947.
Born: 13, Sep, 1886, Rufford near Chesterfield, United Kingdom
Died: 8, Feb, 1975, Great Missenden, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his investigations on plant products of biological importance especially the alkaloids"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Arne Tiselius
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948.
Born: 10, Aug, 1902, Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 29, Oct, 1971, Uppsala, Sweden
Prize motivation: "for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Prize share: 1/1

William F. Giauque
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949.
Born: 12, May, 1895, Niagara Falls, Canada
Died: 28, Mar, 1982, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Kurt Alder
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950.
Born: 10, Jul, 1902, Königshütte (now Chorzów), Prussia (now Poland)
Died: 20, Jun, 1958, Cologne, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Cologne University, Cologne, Germany
Prize share: 1/2

Otto Diels
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950.
Born: 23, Jan, 1876, Hamburg, Germany
Died: 7, Mar, 1954, Kiel, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Prize share: 1/2


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Peace between 1946 and 1950?

Answer: John R. Mott

Answer: Emily Greene Balch

Answer: Friends Service Council

Answer: American Friends Service Committee

Answer: John Boyd Orr

Answer: Ralph Bunche

John R. Mott
The Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
Born: 25, May, 1865, Livingston Manor NY, USA
Died: 31, Jan, 1955, USA
Prize motivation: "for his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries"

Emily Greene Balch
The Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
Born: 8, Jan, 1867, Jamaica Plain MA (now Boston MA), USA
Died: 9, Jan, 1961, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for her lifelong work for the cause of peace"

Friends Service Council
The Nobel Peace Prize 1947.
Founded: 1647
Prize motivation: "for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering thereby promoting the fraternity between nations"

American Friends Service Committee
The Nobel Peace Prize 1947.
Founded: 1917
Prize motivation: "for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering thereby promoting the fraternity between nations"

John Boyd Orr
The Nobel Peace Prize 1949.
Born: 23, Sep, 1880, Kilmaurs, Scotland
Died: 25, Jun, 1971, Edzell, Scotland
Prize motivation: "for his lifelong effort to conquer hunger and want thereby helping to remove a major cause of military conflict and war"

Ralph Bunche
The Nobel Peace Prize 1950.
Born: 7, Aug, 1904, Detroit MI, USA
Died: 9, Dec, 1971, New York NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949"


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine between 1946 and 1950?

Answer: Hermann J. Muller

Answer: Gerty Cori

Answer: Bernardo Houssay

Answer: Carl Cori

Answer: Paul Müller

Answer: Egas Moniz

Answer: Walter Hess

Answer: Philip S. Hench

Answer: Tadeus Reichstein

Answer: Edward C. Kendall

Hermann J. Muller
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1946.
Born: 21, Dec, 1890, New York NY, USA
Died: 5, Apr, 1967, Indianapolis IN, USA
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Indiana University, Bloomington IN, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Gerty Cori
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Born: 15, Aug, 1896, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died: 26, Oct, 1957, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Washington University, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Bernardo Houssay
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Born: 10, Apr, 1887, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: 21, Sep, 1971, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental (Institute for Biology and Experimental Medicine), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prize share: 1/2

Carl Cori
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Born: 5, Dec, 1896, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died: 20, Oct, 1984, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Washington University, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Paul Müller
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1948.
Born: 12, Jan, 1899, Olten, Switzerland
Died: 12, Oct, 1965, Basel, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Laboratorium der Farben-Fabriken J.R. Geigy A.G. (Laboratory of the J.R. Geigy Dye-Factory Co.), Basel, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/1

Egas Moniz
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
Born: 29, Nov, 1874, Avanca, Portugal
Died: 13, Dec, 1955, Lisbon, Portugal
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Prize share: 1/2

Walter Hess
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
Born: 17, Mar, 1881, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Died: 12, Aug, 1973, Ascona, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/2

Philip S. Hench
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 28, Feb, 1896, Pittsburgh PA, USA
Died: 30, Mar, 1965, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Tadeus Reichstein
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 20, Jul, 1897, Wloclawek, Poland
Died: 1, Aug, 1996, Basel, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/3

Edward C. Kendall
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 8, Mar, 1886, South Norwalk CT, USA
Died: 4, May, 1972, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
Prize share: 1/3


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics between 1946 and 1950?

Answer: Percy W. Bridgman

Answer: Edward V. Appleton

Answer: Patrick M.S. Blackett

Answer: Hideki Yukawa

Answer: Cecil Powell

Percy W. Bridgman
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1946.
Born: 21, Apr, 1882, Cambridge MA, USA
Died: 20, Aug, 1961, Randolph NH, USA
Prize motivation: "for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Edward V. Appleton
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1947.
Born: 6, Sep, 1892, Bradford, United Kingdom
Died: 21, Apr, 1965, Edinburgh, Scotland
Prize motivation: "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, London, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Patrick M.S. Blackett
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1948.
Born: 18, Nov, 1897, London, United Kingdom
Died: 13, Jul, 1974, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Hideki Yukawa
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1949.
Born: 23, Jan, 1907, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 8, Sep, 1981, Kyoto, Japan
Prize motivation: "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Columbia University, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Cecil Powell
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1950.
Born: 5, Dec, 1903, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Died: 9, Aug, 1969, Italy
Prize motivation: "for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature between 1947 and 1951?

Answer: André Gide

Answer: T.S. Eliot

Answer: William Faulkner

Answer: Bertrand Russell

Answer: Pär Lagerkvist

André Gide
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1947.
Born: 22, Nov, 1869, Paris, France
Died: 19, Feb, 1951, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight"
Prize share: 1/1

T.S. Eliot
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1948.
Born: 26, Sep, 1888, St. Louis MO, USA
Died: 4, Jan, 1965, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his outstanding pioneer contribution to present-day poetry"
Prize share: 1/1

William Faulkner
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949.
Born: 25, Sep, 1897, New Albany MS, USA
Died: 6, Jul, 1962, Byhalia MS, USA
Prize motivation: "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"
Prize share: 1/1

Bertrand Russell
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950.
Born: 18, May, 1872, Trelleck, United Kingdom
Died: 2, Feb, 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"
Prize share: 1/1

Pär Lagerkvist
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1951.
Born: 23, May, 1891, Växjö, Sweden
Died: 11, Jul, 1974, Stockholm, Sweden
Prize motivation: "for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind"
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry between 1947 and 1951?

Answer: Sir Robert Robinson

Answer: Arne Tiselius

Answer: William F. Giauque

Answer: Kurt Alder

Answer: Otto Diels

Answer: Edwin M. McMillan

Answer: Glenn T. Seaborg

Sir Robert Robinson
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1947.
Born: 13, Sep, 1886, Rufford near Chesterfield, United Kingdom
Died: 8, Feb, 1975, Great Missenden, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his investigations on plant products of biological importance especially the alkaloids"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Arne Tiselius
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948.
Born: 10, Aug, 1902, Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 29, Oct, 1971, Uppsala, Sweden
Prize motivation: "for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Prize share: 1/1

William F. Giauque
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949.
Born: 12, May, 1895, Niagara Falls, Canada
Died: 28, Mar, 1982, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Kurt Alder
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950.
Born: 10, Jul, 1902, Königshütte (now Chorzów), Prussia (now Poland)
Died: 20, Jun, 1958, Cologne, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Cologne University, Cologne, Germany
Prize share: 1/2

Otto Diels
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950.
Born: 23, Jan, 1876, Hamburg, Germany
Died: 7, Mar, 1954, Kiel, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Prize share: 1/2

Edwin M. McMillan
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951.
Born: 18, Sep, 1907, Redondo Beach CA, USA
Died: 7, Sep, 1991, El Cerrito CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Glenn T. Seaborg
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951.
Born: 19, Apr, 1912, Ishpeming MI, USA
Died: 25, Feb, 1999, Lafayette CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Peace between 1947 and 1951?

Answer: Friends Service Council

Answer: American Friends Service Committee

Answer: John Boyd Orr

Answer: Ralph Bunche

Answer: Léon Jouhaux

Friends Service Council
The Nobel Peace Prize 1947.
Founded: 1647
Prize motivation: "for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering thereby promoting the fraternity between nations"

American Friends Service Committee
The Nobel Peace Prize 1947.
Founded: 1917
Prize motivation: "for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering thereby promoting the fraternity between nations"

John Boyd Orr
The Nobel Peace Prize 1949.
Born: 23, Sep, 1880, Kilmaurs, Scotland
Died: 25, Jun, 1971, Edzell, Scotland
Prize motivation: "for his lifelong effort to conquer hunger and want thereby helping to remove a major cause of military conflict and war"

Ralph Bunche
The Nobel Peace Prize 1950.
Born: 7, Aug, 1904, Detroit MI, USA
Died: 9, Dec, 1971, New York NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949"

Léon Jouhaux
The Nobel Peace Prize 1951.
Born: 1, Jul, 1879, Paris, France
Died: 28, Apr, 1954, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for having devoted his life to the fight against war through the promotion of social justice and brotherhood among men and nations"


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine between 1947 and 1951?

Answer: Gerty Cori

Answer: Bernardo Houssay

Answer: Carl Cori

Answer: Paul Müller

Answer: Egas Moniz

Answer: Walter Hess

Answer: Philip S. Hench

Answer: Tadeus Reichstein

Answer: Edward C. Kendall

Answer: Max Theiler

Gerty Cori
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Born: 15, Aug, 1896, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died: 26, Oct, 1957, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Washington University, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Bernardo Houssay
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Born: 10, Apr, 1887, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: 21, Sep, 1971, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental (Institute for Biology and Experimental Medicine), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prize share: 1/2

Carl Cori
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
Born: 5, Dec, 1896, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died: 20, Oct, 1984, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Washington University, St. Louis MO, USA
Prize share: 1/4

Paul Müller
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1948.
Born: 12, Jan, 1899, Olten, Switzerland
Died: 12, Oct, 1965, Basel, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Laboratorium der Farben-Fabriken J.R. Geigy A.G. (Laboratory of the J.R. Geigy Dye-Factory Co.), Basel, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/1

Egas Moniz
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
Born: 29, Nov, 1874, Avanca, Portugal
Died: 13, Dec, 1955, Lisbon, Portugal
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Prize share: 1/2

Walter Hess
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
Born: 17, Mar, 1881, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Died: 12, Aug, 1973, Ascona, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/2

Philip S. Hench
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 28, Feb, 1896, Pittsburgh PA, USA
Died: 30, Mar, 1965, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Tadeus Reichstein
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 20, Jul, 1897, Wloclawek, Poland
Died: 1, Aug, 1996, Basel, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/3

Edward C. Kendall
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 8, Mar, 1886, South Norwalk CT, USA
Died: 4, May, 1972, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Max Theiler
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1951.
Born: 30, Jan, 1899, Pretoria, South Africa
Died: 11, Aug, 1972, New Haven CT, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Laboratories of the Division of Medicine and Public Health Rockefeller Foundation, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics between 1947 and 1951?

Answer: Edward V. Appleton

Answer: Patrick M.S. Blackett

Answer: Hideki Yukawa

Answer: Cecil Powell

Answer: Ernest T.S. Walton

Answer: John Cockcroft

Edward V. Appleton
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1947.
Born: 6, Sep, 1892, Bradford, United Kingdom
Died: 21, Apr, 1965, Edinburgh, Scotland
Prize motivation: "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, London, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Patrick M.S. Blackett
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1948.
Born: 18, Nov, 1897, London, United Kingdom
Died: 13, Jul, 1974, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Hideki Yukawa
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1949.
Born: 23, Jan, 1907, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 8, Sep, 1981, Kyoto, Japan
Prize motivation: "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Columbia University, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Cecil Powell
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1950.
Born: 5, Dec, 1903, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Died: 9, Aug, 1969, Italy
Prize motivation: "for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Ernest T.S. Walton
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951.
Born: 6, Oct, 1903, Dungarvan, Ireland
Died: 25, Jun, 1995, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Prize motivation: "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Prize share: 1/2

John Cockcroft
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951.
Born: 27, May, 1897, Todmorden, United Kingdom
Died: 18, Sep, 1967, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell Berkshire, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature between 1948 and 1952?

Answer: T.S. Eliot

Answer: William Faulkner

Answer: Bertrand Russell

Answer: Pär Lagerkvist

Answer: François Mauriac

T.S. Eliot
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1948.
Born: 26, Sep, 1888, St. Louis MO, USA
Died: 4, Jan, 1965, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his outstanding pioneer contribution to present-day poetry"
Prize share: 1/1

William Faulkner
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949.
Born: 25, Sep, 1897, New Albany MS, USA
Died: 6, Jul, 1962, Byhalia MS, USA
Prize motivation: "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"
Prize share: 1/1

Bertrand Russell
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950.
Born: 18, May, 1872, Trelleck, United Kingdom
Died: 2, Feb, 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"
Prize share: 1/1

Pär Lagerkvist
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1951.
Born: 23, May, 1891, Växjö, Sweden
Died: 11, Jul, 1974, Stockholm, Sweden
Prize motivation: "for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind"
Prize share: 1/1

François Mauriac
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1952.
Born: 11, Oct, 1885, Bordeaux, France
Died: 1, Sep, 1970, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life"
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry between 1948 and 1952?

Answer: Arne Tiselius

Answer: William F. Giauque

Answer: Kurt Alder

Answer: Otto Diels

Answer: Edwin M. McMillan

Answer: Glenn T. Seaborg

Answer: Richard L.M. Synge

Answer: Archer J.P. Martin

Arne Tiselius
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948.
Born: 10, Aug, 1902, Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 29, Oct, 1971, Uppsala, Sweden
Prize motivation: "for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Prize share: 1/1

William F. Giauque
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949.
Born: 12, May, 1895, Niagara Falls, Canada
Died: 28, Mar, 1982, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Kurt Alder
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950.
Born: 10, Jul, 1902, Königshütte (now Chorzów), Prussia (now Poland)
Died: 20, Jun, 1958, Cologne, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Cologne University, Cologne, Germany
Prize share: 1/2

Otto Diels
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950.
Born: 23, Jan, 1876, Hamburg, Germany
Died: 7, Mar, 1954, Kiel, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Prize share: 1/2

Edwin M. McMillan
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951.
Born: 18, Sep, 1907, Redondo Beach CA, USA
Died: 7, Sep, 1991, El Cerrito CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Glenn T. Seaborg
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951.
Born: 19, Apr, 1912, Ishpeming MI, USA
Died: 25, Feb, 1999, Lafayette CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Richard L.M. Synge
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952.
Born: 28, Oct, 1914, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Died: 18, Aug, 1994, Norwich, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their invention of partition chromatography"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn (Scotland), United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Archer J.P. Martin
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952.
Born: 1, Mar, 1910, London, United Kingdom
Died: 28, Jul, 2002, Llangarron, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their invention of partition chromatography"
Affiliation at the time of the award: National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Peace between 1948 and 1952?

Answer: John Boyd Orr

Answer: Ralph Bunche

Answer: Léon Jouhaux

Answer: Albert Schweitzer

John Boyd Orr
The Nobel Peace Prize 1949.
Born: 23, Sep, 1880, Kilmaurs, Scotland
Died: 25, Jun, 1971, Edzell, Scotland
Prize motivation: "for his lifelong effort to conquer hunger and want thereby helping to remove a major cause of military conflict and war"

Ralph Bunche
The Nobel Peace Prize 1950.
Born: 7, Aug, 1904, Detroit MI, USA
Died: 9, Dec, 1971, New York NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949"

Léon Jouhaux
The Nobel Peace Prize 1951.
Born: 1, Jul, 1879, Paris, France
Died: 28, Apr, 1954, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for having devoted his life to the fight against war through the promotion of social justice and brotherhood among men and nations"

Albert Schweitzer
The Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
Born: 14, Jan, 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France)
Died: 4, Sep, 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon
Prize motivation: "for his altruism reverence for life and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one"


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine between 1948 and 1952?

Answer: Paul Müller

Answer: Egas Moniz

Answer: Walter Hess

Answer: Philip S. Hench

Answer: Tadeus Reichstein

Answer: Edward C. Kendall

Answer: Max Theiler

Answer: Selman A. Waksman

Paul Müller
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1948.
Born: 12, Jan, 1899, Olten, Switzerland
Died: 12, Oct, 1965, Basel, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Laboratorium der Farben-Fabriken J.R. Geigy A.G. (Laboratory of the J.R. Geigy Dye-Factory Co.), Basel, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/1

Egas Moniz
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
Born: 29, Nov, 1874, Avanca, Portugal
Died: 13, Dec, 1955, Lisbon, Portugal
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Prize share: 1/2

Walter Hess
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
Born: 17, Mar, 1881, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Died: 12, Aug, 1973, Ascona, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/2

Philip S. Hench
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 28, Feb, 1896, Pittsburgh PA, USA
Died: 30, Mar, 1965, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Tadeus Reichstein
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 20, Jul, 1897, Wloclawek, Poland
Died: 1, Aug, 1996, Basel, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/3

Edward C. Kendall
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 8, Mar, 1886, South Norwalk CT, USA
Died: 4, May, 1972, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Max Theiler
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1951.
Born: 30, Jan, 1899, Pretoria, South Africa
Died: 11, Aug, 1972, New Haven CT, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Laboratories of the Division of Medicine and Public Health Rockefeller Foundation, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Selman A. Waksman
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1952.
Born: 22, Jul, 1888, Priluka (now Nova Pryluka), Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died: 16, Aug, 1973, Hyannis MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of streptomycin the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics between 1948 and 1952?

Answer: Patrick M.S. Blackett

Answer: Hideki Yukawa

Answer: Cecil Powell

Answer: Ernest T.S. Walton

Answer: John Cockcroft

Answer: Felix Bloch

Answer: E. M. Purcell

Patrick M.S. Blackett
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1948.
Born: 18, Nov, 1897, London, United Kingdom
Died: 13, Jul, 1974, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Hideki Yukawa
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1949.
Born: 23, Jan, 1907, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 8, Sep, 1981, Kyoto, Japan
Prize motivation: "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Columbia University, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Cecil Powell
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1950.
Born: 5, Dec, 1903, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Died: 9, Aug, 1969, Italy
Prize motivation: "for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Ernest T.S. Walton
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951.
Born: 6, Oct, 1903, Dungarvan, Ireland
Died: 25, Jun, 1995, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Prize motivation: "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Prize share: 1/2

John Cockcroft
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951.
Born: 27, May, 1897, Todmorden, United Kingdom
Died: 18, Sep, 1967, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell Berkshire, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Felix Bloch
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952.
Born: 23, Oct, 1905, Zurich, Switzerland
Died: 10, Sep, 1983, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

E. M. Purcell
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952.
Born: 30, Aug, 1912, Taylorville IL, USA
Died: 7, Mar, 1997, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize share: 1/2


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature between 1949 and 1953?

Answer: William Faulkner

Answer: Bertrand Russell

Answer: Pär Lagerkvist

Answer: François Mauriac

Answer: Winston Churchill

William Faulkner
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949.
Born: 25, Sep, 1897, New Albany MS, USA
Died: 6, Jul, 1962, Byhalia MS, USA
Prize motivation: "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"
Prize share: 1/1

Bertrand Russell
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950.
Born: 18, May, 1872, Trelleck, United Kingdom
Died: 2, Feb, 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"
Prize share: 1/1

Pär Lagerkvist
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1951.
Born: 23, May, 1891, Växjö, Sweden
Died: 11, Jul, 1974, Stockholm, Sweden
Prize motivation: "for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind"
Prize share: 1/1

François Mauriac
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1952.
Born: 11, Oct, 1885, Bordeaux, France
Died: 1, Sep, 1970, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life"
Prize share: 1/1

Winston Churchill
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953.
Born: 30, Nov, 1874, Woodstock, United Kingdom
Died: 24, Jan, 1965, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values"
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry between 1949 and 1953?

Answer: William F. Giauque

Answer: Kurt Alder

Answer: Otto Diels

Answer: Edwin M. McMillan

Answer: Glenn T. Seaborg

Answer: Richard L.M. Synge

Answer: Archer J.P. Martin

Answer: Hermann Staudinger

William F. Giauque
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949.
Born: 12, May, 1895, Niagara Falls, Canada
Died: 28, Mar, 1982, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Kurt Alder
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950.
Born: 10, Jul, 1902, Königshütte (now Chorzów), Prussia (now Poland)
Died: 20, Jun, 1958, Cologne, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Cologne University, Cologne, Germany
Prize share: 1/2

Otto Diels
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950.
Born: 23, Jan, 1876, Hamburg, Germany
Died: 7, Mar, 1954, Kiel, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Prize share: 1/2

Edwin M. McMillan
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951.
Born: 18, Sep, 1907, Redondo Beach CA, USA
Died: 7, Sep, 1991, El Cerrito CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Glenn T. Seaborg
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951.
Born: 19, Apr, 1912, Ishpeming MI, USA
Died: 25, Feb, 1999, Lafayette CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Richard L.M. Synge
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952.
Born: 28, Oct, 1914, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Died: 18, Aug, 1994, Norwich, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their invention of partition chromatography"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn (Scotland), United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Archer J.P. Martin
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952.
Born: 1, Mar, 1910, London, United Kingdom
Died: 28, Jul, 2002, Llangarron, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their invention of partition chromatography"
Affiliation at the time of the award: National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Hermann Staudinger
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953.
Born: 23, Mar, 1881, Worms, Germany
Died: 8, Sep, 1965, Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Freiburg, Breisgau, Germany
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Peace between 1949 and 1953?

Answer: John Boyd Orr

Answer: Ralph Bunche

Answer: Léon Jouhaux

Answer: Albert Schweitzer

Answer: George C. Marshall

John Boyd Orr
The Nobel Peace Prize 1949.
Born: 23, Sep, 1880, Kilmaurs, Scotland
Died: 25, Jun, 1971, Edzell, Scotland
Prize motivation: "for his lifelong effort to conquer hunger and want thereby helping to remove a major cause of military conflict and war"

Ralph Bunche
The Nobel Peace Prize 1950.
Born: 7, Aug, 1904, Detroit MI, USA
Died: 9, Dec, 1971, New York NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949"

Léon Jouhaux
The Nobel Peace Prize 1951.
Born: 1, Jul, 1879, Paris, France
Died: 28, Apr, 1954, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for having devoted his life to the fight against war through the promotion of social justice and brotherhood among men and nations"

Albert Schweitzer
The Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
Born: 14, Jan, 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France)
Died: 4, Sep, 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon
Prize motivation: "for his altruism reverence for life and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one"

George C. Marshall
The Nobel Peace Prize 1953.
Born: 31, Dec, 1880, Uniontown PA, USA
Died: 16, Oct, 1959, Washington D.C., USA
Prize motivation: "for proposing and supervising the plan for the economic recovery of Europe"


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine between 1949 and 1953?

Answer: Egas Moniz

Answer: Walter Hess

Answer: Philip S. Hench

Answer: Tadeus Reichstein

Answer: Edward C. Kendall

Answer: Max Theiler

Answer: Selman A. Waksman

Answer: Hans Krebs

Answer: Fritz Lipmann

Egas Moniz
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
Born: 29, Nov, 1874, Avanca, Portugal
Died: 13, Dec, 1955, Lisbon, Portugal
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Prize share: 1/2

Walter Hess
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
Born: 17, Mar, 1881, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Died: 12, Aug, 1973, Ascona, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/2

Philip S. Hench
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 28, Feb, 1896, Pittsburgh PA, USA
Died: 30, Mar, 1965, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Tadeus Reichstein
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 20, Jul, 1897, Wloclawek, Poland
Died: 1, Aug, 1996, Basel, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/3

Edward C. Kendall
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 8, Mar, 1886, South Norwalk CT, USA
Died: 4, May, 1972, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Max Theiler
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1951.
Born: 30, Jan, 1899, Pretoria, South Africa
Died: 11, Aug, 1972, New Haven CT, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Laboratories of the Division of Medicine and Public Health Rockefeller Foundation, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Selman A. Waksman
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1952.
Born: 22, Jul, 1888, Priluka (now Nova Pryluka), Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died: 16, Aug, 1973, Hyannis MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of streptomycin the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Hans Krebs
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.
Born: 25, Aug, 1900, Hildesheim, Germany
Died: 22, Nov, 1981, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the citric acid cycle"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Sheffield University, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Fritz Lipmann
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.
Born: 12, Jun, 1899, Koenigsberg (now Kaliningrad), Germany (now Russia)
Died: 24, Jul, 1986, Poughkeepsie NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of co-enzyme A and its importance for intermediary metabolism"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
Prize share: 1/2


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics between 1949 and 1953?

Answer: Hideki Yukawa

Answer: Cecil Powell

Answer: Ernest T.S. Walton

Answer: John Cockcroft

Answer: Felix Bloch

Answer: E. M. Purcell

Answer: Frits Zernike

Hideki Yukawa
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1949.
Born: 23, Jan, 1907, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 8, Sep, 1981, Kyoto, Japan
Prize motivation: "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Columbia University, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Cecil Powell
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1950.
Born: 5, Dec, 1903, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Died: 9, Aug, 1969, Italy
Prize motivation: "for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Ernest T.S. Walton
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951.
Born: 6, Oct, 1903, Dungarvan, Ireland
Died: 25, Jun, 1995, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Prize motivation: "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Prize share: 1/2

John Cockcroft
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951.
Born: 27, May, 1897, Todmorden, United Kingdom
Died: 18, Sep, 1967, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell Berkshire, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Felix Bloch
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952.
Born: 23, Oct, 1905, Zurich, Switzerland
Died: 10, Sep, 1983, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

E. M. Purcell
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952.
Born: 30, Aug, 1912, Taylorville IL, USA
Died: 7, Mar, 1997, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Frits Zernike
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1953.
Born: 16, Jul, 1888, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Died: 10, Mar, 1966, Groningen, the Netherlands
Prize motivation: "for his demonstration of the phase contrast method especially for his invention of the phase contrast microscope"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Groningen University, Groningen, the Netherlands
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature between 1950 and 1954?

Answer: Bertrand Russell

Answer: Pär Lagerkvist

Answer: François Mauriac

Answer: Winston Churchill

Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Bertrand Russell
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950.
Born: 18, May, 1872, Trelleck, United Kingdom
Died: 2, Feb, 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"
Prize share: 1/1

Pär Lagerkvist
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1951.
Born: 23, May, 1891, Växjö, Sweden
Died: 11, Jul, 1974, Stockholm, Sweden
Prize motivation: "for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind"
Prize share: 1/1

François Mauriac
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1952.
Born: 11, Oct, 1885, Bordeaux, France
Died: 1, Sep, 1970, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life"
Prize share: 1/1

Winston Churchill
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953.
Born: 30, Nov, 1874, Woodstock, United Kingdom
Died: 24, Jan, 1965, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values"
Prize share: 1/1

Ernest Hemingway
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954.
Born: 21, Jul, 1899, Oak Park IL, USA
Died: 2, Jul, 1961, Ketchum ID, USA
Prize motivation: "for his mastery of the art of narrative most recently demonstrated in <I>The Old Man and the Sea</I> and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style"
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry between 1950 and 1954?

Answer: Kurt Alder

Answer: Otto Diels

Answer: Edwin M. McMillan

Answer: Glenn T. Seaborg

Answer: Richard L.M. Synge

Answer: Archer J.P. Martin

Answer: Hermann Staudinger

Answer: Linus Pauling

Kurt Alder
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950.
Born: 10, Jul, 1902, Königshütte (now Chorzów), Prussia (now Poland)
Died: 20, Jun, 1958, Cologne, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Cologne University, Cologne, Germany
Prize share: 1/2

Otto Diels
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950.
Born: 23, Jan, 1876, Hamburg, Germany
Died: 7, Mar, 1954, Kiel, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Prize share: 1/2

Edwin M. McMillan
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951.
Born: 18, Sep, 1907, Redondo Beach CA, USA
Died: 7, Sep, 1991, El Cerrito CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Glenn T. Seaborg
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951.
Born: 19, Apr, 1912, Ishpeming MI, USA
Died: 25, Feb, 1999, Lafayette CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Richard L.M. Synge
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952.
Born: 28, Oct, 1914, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Died: 18, Aug, 1994, Norwich, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their invention of partition chromatography"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn (Scotland), United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Archer J.P. Martin
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952.
Born: 1, Mar, 1910, London, United Kingdom
Died: 28, Jul, 2002, Llangarron, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their invention of partition chromatography"
Affiliation at the time of the award: National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Hermann Staudinger
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953.
Born: 23, Mar, 1881, Worms, Germany
Died: 8, Sep, 1965, Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Freiburg, Breisgau, Germany
Prize share: 1/1

Linus Pauling
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954.
Born: 28, Feb, 1901, Portland OR, USA
Died: 19, Aug, 1994, Big Sur CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances"
Affiliation at the time of the award: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena CA, USA
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Peace between 1950 and 1954?

Answer: Ralph Bunche

Answer: Léon Jouhaux

Answer: Albert Schweitzer

Answer: George C. Marshall

Answer: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Ralph Bunche
The Nobel Peace Prize 1950.
Born: 7, Aug, 1904, Detroit MI, USA
Died: 9, Dec, 1971, New York NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949"

Léon Jouhaux
The Nobel Peace Prize 1951.
Born: 1, Jul, 1879, Paris, France
Died: 28, Apr, 1954, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for having devoted his life to the fight against war through the promotion of social justice and brotherhood among men and nations"

Albert Schweitzer
The Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
Born: 14, Jan, 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France)
Died: 4, Sep, 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon
Prize motivation: "for his altruism reverence for life and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one"

George C. Marshall
The Nobel Peace Prize 1953.
Born: 31, Dec, 1880, Uniontown PA, USA
Died: 16, Oct, 1959, Washington D.C., USA
Prize motivation: "for proposing and supervising the plan for the economic recovery of Europe"

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Nobel Peace Prize 1954.
Founded: 14, Dec, 1950
Prize motivation: "for its efforts to heal the wounds of war by providing help and protection to refugees all over the world"


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine between 1950 and 1954?

Answer: Philip S. Hench

Answer: Tadeus Reichstein

Answer: Edward C. Kendall

Answer: Max Theiler

Answer: Selman A. Waksman

Answer: Hans Krebs

Answer: Fritz Lipmann

Answer: John F. Enders

Answer: Thomas H. Weller

Answer: Frederick C. Robbins

Philip S. Hench
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 28, Feb, 1896, Pittsburgh PA, USA
Died: 30, Mar, 1965, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Tadeus Reichstein
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 20, Jul, 1897, Wloclawek, Poland
Died: 1, Aug, 1996, Basel, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/3

Edward C. Kendall
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
Born: 8, Mar, 1886, South Norwalk CT, USA
Died: 4, May, 1972, Princeton NJ, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex their structure and biological effects"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Max Theiler
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1951.
Born: 30, Jan, 1899, Pretoria, South Africa
Died: 11, Aug, 1972, New Haven CT, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Laboratories of the Division of Medicine and Public Health Rockefeller Foundation, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Selman A. Waksman
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1952.
Born: 22, Jul, 1888, Priluka (now Nova Pryluka), Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died: 16, Aug, 1973, Hyannis MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of streptomycin the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Hans Krebs
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.
Born: 25, Aug, 1900, Hildesheim, Germany
Died: 22, Nov, 1981, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the citric acid cycle"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Sheffield University, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Fritz Lipmann
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.
Born: 12, Jun, 1899, Koenigsberg (now Kaliningrad), Germany (now Russia)
Died: 24, Jul, 1986, Poughkeepsie NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of co-enzyme A and its importance for intermediary metabolism"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

John F. Enders
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
Born: 10, Feb, 1897, West Hartford CT, USA
Died: 8, Sep, 1985, Waterford CT, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Thomas H. Weller
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
Born: 15, Jun, 1915, Ann Arbor MI, USA
Died: 23, Aug, 2008, Needham MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Research Division of Infectious Diseases Children's Medical Center, Boston MA, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Frederick C. Robbins
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
Born: 25, Aug, 1916, Auburn AL, USA
Died: 4, Aug, 2003, Cleveland OH, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA
Prize share: 1/3


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics between 1950 and 1954?

Answer: Cecil Powell

Answer: Ernest T.S. Walton

Answer: John Cockcroft

Answer: Felix Bloch

Answer: E. M. Purcell

Answer: Frits Zernike

Answer: Max Born

Answer: Walther Bothe

Cecil Powell
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1950.
Born: 5, Dec, 1903, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Died: 9, Aug, 1969, Italy
Prize motivation: "for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/1

Ernest T.S. Walton
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951.
Born: 6, Oct, 1903, Dungarvan, Ireland
Died: 25, Jun, 1995, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Prize motivation: "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Prize share: 1/2

John Cockcroft
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951.
Born: 27, May, 1897, Todmorden, United Kingdom
Died: 18, Sep, 1967, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell Berkshire, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Felix Bloch
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952.
Born: 23, Oct, 1905, Zurich, Switzerland
Died: 10, Sep, 1983, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

E. M. Purcell
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952.
Born: 30, Aug, 1912, Taylorville IL, USA
Died: 7, Mar, 1997, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Frits Zernike
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1953.
Born: 16, Jul, 1888, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Died: 10, Mar, 1966, Groningen, the Netherlands
Prize motivation: "for his demonstration of the phase contrast method especially for his invention of the phase contrast microscope"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Groningen University, Groningen, the Netherlands
Prize share: 1/1

Max Born
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1954.
Born: 11, Dec, 1882, Breslau (now Wroclaw), Germany (now Poland)
Died: 5, Jan, 1970, Göttingen, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Walther Bothe
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1954.
Born: 8, Jan, 1891, Oranienburg, Germany
Died: 8, Feb, 1957, Heidelberg, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Prize share: 1/2


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature between 1951 and 1955?

Answer: Pär Lagerkvist

Answer: François Mauriac

Answer: Winston Churchill

Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Answer: Halldór Laxness

Pär Lagerkvist
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1951.
Born: 23, May, 1891, Växjö, Sweden
Died: 11, Jul, 1974, Stockholm, Sweden
Prize motivation: "for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind"
Prize share: 1/1

François Mauriac
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1952.
Born: 11, Oct, 1885, Bordeaux, France
Died: 1, Sep, 1970, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life"
Prize share: 1/1

Winston Churchill
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953.
Born: 30, Nov, 1874, Woodstock, United Kingdom
Died: 24, Jan, 1965, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values"
Prize share: 1/1

Ernest Hemingway
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954.
Born: 21, Jul, 1899, Oak Park IL, USA
Died: 2, Jul, 1961, Ketchum ID, USA
Prize motivation: "for his mastery of the art of narrative most recently demonstrated in <I>The Old Man and the Sea</I> and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style"
Prize share: 1/1

Halldór Laxness
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1955.
Born: 23, Apr, 1902, Reykjavik, Iceland
Died: 8, Feb, 1998, Reykjavik, Iceland
Prize motivation: "for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland"
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry between 1951 and 1955?

Answer: Edwin M. McMillan

Answer: Glenn T. Seaborg

Answer: Richard L.M. Synge

Answer: Archer J.P. Martin

Answer: Hermann Staudinger

Answer: Linus Pauling

Answer: Vincent du Vigneaud

Edwin M. McMillan
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951.
Born: 18, Sep, 1907, Redondo Beach CA, USA
Died: 7, Sep, 1991, El Cerrito CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Glenn T. Seaborg
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951.
Born: 19, Apr, 1912, Ishpeming MI, USA
Died: 25, Feb, 1999, Lafayette CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Richard L.M. Synge
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952.
Born: 28, Oct, 1914, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Died: 18, Aug, 1994, Norwich, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their invention of partition chromatography"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn (Scotland), United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Archer J.P. Martin
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952.
Born: 1, Mar, 1910, London, United Kingdom
Died: 28, Jul, 2002, Llangarron, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their invention of partition chromatography"
Affiliation at the time of the award: National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Hermann Staudinger
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953.
Born: 23, Mar, 1881, Worms, Germany
Died: 8, Sep, 1965, Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Freiburg, Breisgau, Germany
Prize share: 1/1

Linus Pauling
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954.
Born: 28, Feb, 1901, Portland OR, USA
Died: 19, Aug, 1994, Big Sur CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances"
Affiliation at the time of the award: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena CA, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Vincent du Vigneaud
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955.
Born: 18, May, 1901, Chicago IL, USA
Died: 11, Dec, 1978, White Plains NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Peace between 1951 and 1955?

Answer: Léon Jouhaux

Answer: Albert Schweitzer

Answer: George C. Marshall

Answer: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Léon Jouhaux
The Nobel Peace Prize 1951.
Born: 1, Jul, 1879, Paris, France
Died: 28, Apr, 1954, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for having devoted his life to the fight against war through the promotion of social justice and brotherhood among men and nations"

Albert Schweitzer
The Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
Born: 14, Jan, 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France)
Died: 4, Sep, 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon
Prize motivation: "for his altruism reverence for life and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one"

George C. Marshall
The Nobel Peace Prize 1953.
Born: 31, Dec, 1880, Uniontown PA, USA
Died: 16, Oct, 1959, Washington D.C., USA
Prize motivation: "for proposing and supervising the plan for the economic recovery of Europe"

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Nobel Peace Prize 1954.
Founded: 14, Dec, 1950
Prize motivation: "for its efforts to heal the wounds of war by providing help and protection to refugees all over the world"


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine between 1951 and 1955?

Answer: Max Theiler

Answer: Selman A. Waksman

Answer: Hans Krebs

Answer: Fritz Lipmann

Answer: John F. Enders

Answer: Thomas H. Weller

Answer: Frederick C. Robbins

Answer: Hugo Theorell

Max Theiler
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1951.
Born: 30, Jan, 1899, Pretoria, South Africa
Died: 11, Aug, 1972, New Haven CT, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Laboratories of the Division of Medicine and Public Health Rockefeller Foundation, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Selman A. Waksman
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1952.
Born: 22, Jul, 1888, Priluka (now Nova Pryluka), Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died: 16, Aug, 1973, Hyannis MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of streptomycin the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/1

Hans Krebs
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.
Born: 25, Aug, 1900, Hildesheim, Germany
Died: 22, Nov, 1981, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of the citric acid cycle"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Sheffield University, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Fritz Lipmann
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.
Born: 12, Jun, 1899, Koenigsberg (now Kaliningrad), Germany (now Russia)
Died: 24, Jul, 1986, Poughkeepsie NY, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discovery of co-enzyme A and its importance for intermediary metabolism"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

John F. Enders
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
Born: 10, Feb, 1897, West Hartford CT, USA
Died: 8, Sep, 1985, Waterford CT, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Thomas H. Weller
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
Born: 15, Jun, 1915, Ann Arbor MI, USA
Died: 23, Aug, 2008, Needham MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Research Division of Infectious Diseases Children's Medical Center, Boston MA, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Frederick C. Robbins
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
Born: 25, Aug, 1916, Auburn AL, USA
Died: 4, Aug, 2003, Cleveland OH, USA
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA
Prize share: 1/3

Hugo Theorell
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1955.
Born: 6, Jul, 1903, Linköping, Sweden
Died: 15, Aug, 1982, Stockholm, Sweden
Prize motivation: "for his discoveries concerning the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Karolinska Institutet Nobel Medical Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Prize share: 1/1


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics between 1951 and 1955?

Answer: Ernest T.S. Walton

Answer: John Cockcroft

Answer: Felix Bloch

Answer: E. M. Purcell

Answer: Frits Zernike

Answer: Max Born

Answer: Walther Bothe

Answer: Polykarp Kusch

Answer: Willis E. Lamb

Ernest T.S. Walton
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951.
Born: 6, Oct, 1903, Dungarvan, Ireland
Died: 25, Jun, 1995, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Prize motivation: "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Prize share: 1/2

John Cockcroft
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951.
Born: 27, May, 1897, Todmorden, United Kingdom
Died: 18, Sep, 1967, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell Berkshire, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Felix Bloch
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952.
Born: 23, Oct, 1905, Zurich, Switzerland
Died: 10, Sep, 1983, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

E. M. Purcell
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952.
Born: 30, Aug, 1912, Taylorville IL, USA
Died: 7, Mar, 1997, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize motivation: "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Frits Zernike
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1953.
Born: 16, Jul, 1888, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Died: 10, Mar, 1966, Groningen, the Netherlands
Prize motivation: "for his demonstration of the phase contrast method especially for his invention of the phase contrast microscope"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Groningen University, Groningen, the Netherlands
Prize share: 1/1

Max Born
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1954.
Born: 11, Dec, 1882, Breslau (now Wroclaw), Germany (now Poland)
Died: 5, Jan, 1970, Göttingen, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Prize share: 1/2

Walther Bothe
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1954.
Born: 8, Jan, 1891, Oranienburg, Germany
Died: 8, Feb, 1957, Heidelberg, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Prize share: 1/2

Polykarp Kusch
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1955.
Born: 26, Jan, 1911, Blankenburg, Germany
Died: 20, Mar, 1993, Dallas TX, USA
Prize motivation: "for his precision determination of the magnetic moment of the electron"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Columbia University, New York NY, USA
Prize share: 1/2

Willis E. Lamb
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1955.
Born: 12, Jul, 1913, Los Angeles CA, USA
Died: 15, May, 2008, Tucson AZ, USA
Prize motivation: "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA
Prize share: 1/2


Question: Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature between 1952 and 1956?

Answer: François Mauriac

Answer: Winston Churchill

Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Answer: Halldór Laxness

Answer: Juan Ramón Jiménez

François Mauriac
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1952.
Born: 11, Oct, 1885, Bordeaux, France
Died: 1, Sep, 1970, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life"
Prize share: 1/1

Winston Churchill
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953.
Born: 30, Nov, 1874, Woodstock, United Kingdom
Died: 24, Jan, 1965, London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values"
Prize share: 1/1

Ernest Hemingway
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954.
Born: 21, Jul, 1899, Oak Park IL, USA
Died: 2, Jul, 1961, Ketchum ID, USA
Prize motivation: "for his mastery of the art of narrative most recently demonstrated in <I>The Old Man and the Sea</I> and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style"
Prize share: 1/1

Halldór Laxness
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1955.
Born: 23, Apr, 1902, Reykjavik, Iceland
Died: 8, Feb, 1998, Reykjavik, Iceland
Prize motivation: "for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland"
Prize share: 1/1

Juan Ramón Jiménez
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1956.
Born: 24, Dec, 1881, Moguer, Spain
Died: 29, May, 1958, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Prize motivation: "for his lyrical poetry which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity"
Prize share: 1/1