1951 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

Edwin Mattison McMillan

for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements

Glenn Theodore Seaborg

for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements

Literature

Pär Fabian Lagerkvist

for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind

Peace

Léon Jouhaux

for having devoted his life to the fight against war through the promotion of social justice and brotherhood among men and nations

Physics

Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton

for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles

Physiology or Medicine

Max Theiler

for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it