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1984

Nobel Prize Winners

9 laureates honored across 6 categories in the 84th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
9
Categories
06
Countries
08
Ceremony
84th Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

2 Laureates

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Bruce Merrifield

United States

for his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid matrix

Physiology or Medicine

Literature

1 Laureate

Jaroslav Seifert

Czech Republic

for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man

Peace

1 Laureate

Desmond Tutu

South Africa

for his role as a unifying leader figure in the non-violent campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa

Economic Sciences

Richard Stone

United Kingdom

for having made fundamental contributions to the development of systems of national accounts and hence greatly improved the basis for empirical economic analysis

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