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10 December 1947: Two British scientists won Nobel Prizes this...

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10 December 1947

Two British scientists won Nobel Prizes this year: Sir Robert Robinson in Chemistry (for work on plant products and the alkaloids) and Sir Edward Victor Appleton in Physics for work on the upper atmosphere and...

10 December 1948: Lord Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett's work...

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10 December 1948

Lord Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett 's work in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation brought him the Nobel Prize in Physics.

10 December 1949: Lord (John) Boyd Orr of Brechin from Great...

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10 December 1949

Lord (John) Boyd Orr of Brechin from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his improvements to the world's production and distribution of food.

10 December 1950: Bertrand Russell from Great Britain was awarded...

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10 December 1950

Bertrand Russell from Great Britain was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought.
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10 December 1951: Sir John Douglas Cockcroft from Great Britain...

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10 December 1951

Sir John Douglas Cockcroft from Great Britain and Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton of Ireland were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in the artifical acceleration of atomic particles.

10 December 1952: Archer John Porter Martin and Richard Laurence...

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10 December 1952

Archer John Porter Martin and Richard Laurence Millington Synge from Great Britain were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research involving transuranium elements.

10 December 1953: Former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill...

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10 December 1953

Former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill of Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.
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10 December 1954: Britain's Max Born, with Walter Bothe of...

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10 December 1954

Britain's Max Born , with Walter Bothe of Germany, won the Nobel Prize in Physics for research in quantum mechanics; American Linus Pauling was awarded the prize in Chemistry, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

10 December 1956: Sir Cyril Norman Hinshellwood from Great...

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10 December 1956

Sir Cyril Norman Hinshellwood from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The prize, shared with Nikolai Nikolaevich Semenov , recognized research achievements in the mechanism of chemical reactions.

10 December 1957: Alexander Robertus Todd of Great Britain...

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10 December 1957

Alexander Robertus Todd of Great Britain (later Lord Todd) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes.

10 December 1958: Frederick Sanger from Great Britain was awarded...

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10 December 1958

Frederick Sanger from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research involving the structure of proteins, especially insulin.

December 1958: Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize...

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December 1958

Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He initially accepted the prize, but was quickly forced by the Soviet government to decline it.

10 December 1959: Philip J. Noel-Baker from Great Britain was...

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10 December 1959

Philip J. Noel-Baker from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his long-term commitments to disarmament, the aid of war-displaced refugees, and the League of Nations .

10 December 1960: Peter Brian Medawar from Great Britain was...

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10 December 1960

Peter Brian Medawar from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The prize, recognizing the discovery of acquired immunological tolerance, was shared with Australia's Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet .

10 December 1962: Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins of Great...

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10 December 1962

Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins of Great Britain were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with James D. Watson of the USA, for their work on DNA.

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