1950 Nobel Prize

8

laureates

5

fields

1950

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1950 Nobel Prize in Physics

for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method

Cecil Frank Powell
Cecil Frank Powell

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1950 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for the discovery and development of the Diels–Alder reaction (the diene synthesis)

Otto Paul Hermann Diels
Otto Paul Hermann Diels

West GermanyWest Germany

Kurt Alder
Kurt Alder

West GermanyWest Germany

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects

Edward Calvin Kendall
Edward Calvin Kendall

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Tadeusz Reichstein
Tadeusz Reichstein

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

Philip Showalter Hench
Philip Showalter Hench

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1950 Nobel Prize in Literature

in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought

Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1950 Nobel Peace Prize

for his successful mediation in Palestine and his contribution to the armistice negotiations between the Arab states and Israel

Ralph Bunche
Ralph Bunche

United States of AmericaUnited States of America