1939 Nobel Prize

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laureates

4

fields

1939

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1939 Nobel Prize in Physics

for the invention and development of the cyclotron and for the results obtained with it, especially with regard to artificial radioactive elements

Ernest Orlando Lawrence
Ernest Orlando Lawrence

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1)

for his work on sex hormones

Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt
Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt

Greater German ReichGreater German Reich

1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2)

for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes

Leopold Ružička
Leopold Ružička

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil

Gerhard Domagk
Gerhard Domagk

Greater German ReichGreater German Reich

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1939 Nobel Prize in Literature

for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature

Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Frans Eemil Sillanpää

FinlandFinland