1951 Nobel Prize

7

laureates

5

fields

1951

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1951 Nobel Prize in Physics

for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles

Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

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

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton

IrelandIreland

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements

Edwin Mattison McMillan
Edwin Mattison McMillan

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Glenn Theodore Seaborg
Glenn Theodore Seaborg

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1951 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it

Max Theiler
Max Theiler

Union of South AfricaUnion of South Africa

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1951 Nobel Prize in Literature

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

Pär Lagerkvist
Pär Lagerkvist

SwedenSweden

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1951 Nobel Peace Prize

for his contribution to the establishment of the International Labour Organization

Léon Jouhaux
Léon Jouhaux

FranceFrance