1946 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

James Batcheller Sumner

for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized

John Howard Northrop

for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form

Wendell Meredith Stanley

for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form

Literature

Hermann Hesse

for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style

Peace

Emily Greene Balch

for her lifelong work for the cause of peace

John Raleigh Mott

for his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries

Physics

Percy Williams Bridgman

for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures, and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics

Physiology or Medicine

Hermann Joseph Muller

for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation