Nobel Prize 1947: Winners

Recipients

1. Chemistry

   Sir Robert Robinson

   Chemistry

   for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids

2. Medicine

   Carl Ferdinand Cori, Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz

   Biology

   for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen

3. Medicine

   Bernardo Alberto Houssay

   Biology

   for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar

4. Physics

   Sir Edward Victor Appleton

   Physics

   for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer