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1953

Nobel Prize Winners

6 laureates honored across 5 categories in the 53rd Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
6
Categories
05
Countries
04
Ceremony
53rd Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

1 Laureate

Frits Zernike

Netherlands

for his demonstration of the phase contrast method, especially for his invention of the phase contrast microscope

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Hermann Staudinger

Germany

for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry

Physiology or Medicine

Literature

1 Laureate

Winston Churchill

United Kingdom

for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values

Peace

1 Laureate

George C. Marshall

United States

for proposing and supervising the plan for the economic recovery of Europe

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