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Nobel Prize

Great Britain · Science / Medicine. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

17Records
1902–2020Date range
17Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1902

Ronald Ross1902

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning malaria and its transmission by mosquitoes.

1922

Archibald Vivian Hill1922

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the production of heat in muscles during and after activity.

1929

Frederick Gowland Hopkins1929

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering growth-stimulating vitamins.

1932

Edgar Douglas Adrian1932

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the electrical functions of neurons and the way nerve impulses encode sensation.

Charles Scott Sherrington1932

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the functions of neurons and the integrative action of the nervous system.

1936

Henry Hallett Dale1936

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on chemical transmission of nerve impulses.

1945

Ernst Boris Chain1945

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work that isolated, purified and helped establish the therapeutic effectiveness of penicillin.

Alexander Fleming1945

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, for the discovery of penicillin

1953

Hans Adolf Krebs1953

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the citric acid cycle, a central pathway in cellular energy metabolism.

1962

Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins1962

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer.

1970

Bernard Katz1970

Science / Medicine

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine

1972

Rodney Porter1972

Science / Medicine

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine

1984

Cesar Milstein1984

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.

2010

Robert G. Edwards2010

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing in vitro fertilisation.

2012

John B. Gurdon2012

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.

2019

Peter Ratcliffe10 December 2019

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on cellular oxygen sensing.

2020

Michael Houghton5 October 2020

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of hepatitis C virus.

Names involved

Alexander FlemingArchibald Vivian HillBernard KatzCesar MilsteinCharles Scott SherringtonEdgar Douglas AdrianErnst Boris ChainFrederick Gowland HopkinsHans Adolf KrebsHenry Hallett DaleJohn B. GurdonMaurice Hugh Frederick WilkinsMichael HoughtonPeter RatcliffeRobert G. EdwardsRodney PorterRonald Ross

Provenance

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