1952 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

Archer John Porter Martin

for their invention of partition chromatography

Richard Laurence Millington Synge

for their invention of partition chromatography

Literature

François Mauriac

for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life

Peace

Albert Schweitzer

for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one

Physics

Felix Bloch

for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith

Edward Mills Purcell

for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith

Physiology or Medicine

Selman Abraham Waksman

for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis