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Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1949 Nobel Prize in Physics

for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces (Proc. Phys. Math. Soc. Jap. 17, 48 (1935))

Hideki Yukawa

Japan Japan

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1949 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics, particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures

William Francis Giauque

United States of America

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1)

for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs

Walter Rudolf Hess

Switzerland

1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2)

for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses

António Egas Moniz

Portugal

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1949 Nobel Prize in Literature

for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel

William Faulkner

United States of America

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1949 Nobel Peace Prize

for his service as Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and as chairman of the National Peace Council

John Boyd Orr

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland