1958 Nobel Prize

9

laureates

5

fields

1958

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1958 Nobel Prize in Physics

for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect (C.R. Acad. Sci. USSR: 2 (1934) 451; 14 (1937) 107)

Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov
Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov

Soviet UnionSoviet Union

Ilya Mikhailovich Frank
Ilya Mikhailovich Frank

Soviet UnionSoviet Union

Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm

Soviet UnionSoviet Union

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1958 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for his work on the structure of proteins, especially that of insulin

Frederick Sanger
Frederick Sanger

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

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1)

for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events

George Wells Beadle

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Edward Lawrie Tatum
Edward Lawrie Tatum

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2)

for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria

Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1958 Nobel Prize in Literature

for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition

Boris Pasternak

Soviet UnionSoviet Union

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1958 Nobel Peace Prize

for his efforts to help post-World War II refugees in Europe leave their camps and return to a life of freedom and dignity

Dominique Pire
Dominique Pire

BelgiumBelgium