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1930

Nobel Prize Winners

5 laureates honored across 5 categories in the 30th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
5
Categories
05
Countries
04
Ceremony
30th Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

1 Laureate

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

India

for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Hans Fischer

Germany

for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin

Physiology or Medicine

Karl Landsteiner

United States

for his discovery of human blood groups

Literature

1 Laureate

Sinclair Lewis

United States

for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters

Peace

1 Laureate

Nathan Söderblom

Sweden

for promoting Christian unity and helping create 'that new attitude of mind which is necessary if peace between nations is to become reality'

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