1952 Nobel Prize

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laureates

5

fields

1952

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1952 Nobel Prize in Physics

for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith

Felix Bloch
Felix Bloch

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

Edward Mills Purcell
Edward Mills Purcell

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for the invention and application of partition chromatography

Archer John Porter Martin
Archer John Porter Martin

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

Richard Laurence Millington Synge
Richard Laurence Millington Synge

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

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis

Selman Waksman
Selman Waksman

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1952 Nobel Prize in Literature

for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life

François Mauriac
François Mauriac

FranceFrance

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1952 Nobel Peace Prize

for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work as a surgeon and physician in Lambaréné, which helped make the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one

Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer

West GermanyWest Germany