List of Australian Nobel laureates
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Since 1915 there have been fifteen Australians awarded the Nobel Prize.[1] Almost half of these prizes (eight) have been awarded in the field of Physiology or Medicine[2] Most Australians awarded Nobel prizes before the end of the awarding of British/Imperial honours (in 1992) also received (or were offered) knighthoods.
This list includes laureates who were not born in Australia, but who nevertheless spent a significant portion of their training or career there.
In 2017, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which was launched in Australia, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Australian Nobel laureates[edit]
| Year | Laureate | Field | Life | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Brian P. Schmidt | Physics | 1967– | "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae" shared with Saul Perlmutter and Adam G. Riess[3] |
| 2009 | Elizabeth Blackburn | Physiology or Medicine | 1948– | "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase" shared with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak[4] |
| 2005 | Barry J. Marshall | Physiology or Medicine | 1951– | "for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease" shared with J. Robin Warren[5] |
| 2005 | J. Robin Warren | Physiology or Medicine | 1937– | "for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease" shared with Barry J. Marshall[6] |
| 2003 | J. M. Coetzee
(born in South Africa) |
Literature | 1940– | "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider"[7] |
| 1996 | Peter C. Doherty | Physiology or Medicine | 1940– | "for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence" shared with Rolf M. Zinkernagel[8] |
| 1975 | Sir John Cornforth | Chemistry | 1917–2013 | "for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions" shared with Vladimir Prelog[9] |
| 1973 | Patrick White | Literature | 1912–1990 | "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature"[10] |
| 1970 | Sir Bernard Katz | Physiology or Medicine | 1911–2003 | "for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmittors in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation" shared with Ulf von Euler and Julius Axelrod[11] |
| 1964 | Alexander M. Prokhorov | Physics | 1916–2002 | "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" shared with Charles H. Townes and Nicolay G. Basov[12] |
| 1963 | Sir John Carew Eccles | Physiology or Medicine | 1903–1997 | "for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane" shared with Alan L. Hodgkin and Andrew F. Huxley[13] |
| 1960 | Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet | Physiology or Medicine | 1899–1985 | "for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance" shared with Peter Medawar[14] |
| 1945 | Howard Florey | Physiology or Medicine | 1898–1968 | "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases" shared with Alexander Fleming and Ernst B. Chain[15] |
| 1915 | Sir William Henry Bragg | Physics | 1862–1942 | "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays" shared with William Lawrence Bragg[16] |
| 1915 | Sir William Lawrence Bragg | Physics | 1890–1971 | "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays" shared with William Henry Bragg[17] |
Australian laureates by birthplace[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Australia's Nobel Prize winners". Australian Geographic. 2015-08-03. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-09-07. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Brian P. Schmidt - Biographical". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Elizabeth H. Blackburn - Biographical". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Barry J. Marshall - Autobiography". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "J. Robin Warren - Autobiography". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Literature 2003". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2006-07-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Peter C. Doherty - Autobiography". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "John Cornforth - Autobiography". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Patrick White - Autobiography". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sir Bernard Katz - Biography". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1964/prokhorov-facts.html
- ↑ "Sir John Eccles - Biography". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet - Biography". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet - Biography". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "William Bragg - Biography". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Lawrence Bragg - Biography". www.nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. Unknown parameter
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