Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
HODGKIN, DOROTHY CROWFOOT, Great Britain, Royal Society, Oxford University, Oxford, b. 1910, d. 1994: "for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances" •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Literature
SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL, France, b. 1905, d. 1980: "for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age" (Declined the prize.) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Peace
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, campaigner for civil rights. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE The prize was awar
Physics
, Akademija Nauk, Moscow, b. 1916: "for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle"