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1948

Nobel Prize Winners

4 laureates honored across 4 categories in the 48th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
4
Categories
04
Countries
04
Ceremony
48th Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

1 Laureate

Patrick M.S. Blackett

United Kingdom

“for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation”

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Arne Tiselius

Sweden

“for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins”

Physiology or Medicine

Paul Müller

Switzerland

“for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods”

Literature

1 Laureate

T. S. Eliot

United States

“for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry”

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