University of Manchester/Catalogs/Nobel Prize winners

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List of University of Manchester alumni Nobel Prize winners

Chemistry

Physics

  • Joseph John (J. J.) Thomson (awarded 1906), in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases.
  • William Lawrence Bragg (awarded 1915), for his services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays.
  • Niels Bohr (awarded 1922), for his fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics.
  • Charles Thomson Rees (C. T. R.) Wilson (awarded 1927), for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour.
  • James Chadwick (awarded 1935), for the discovery of the neutron.
  • George de Hevesy (awarded 1943), for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes.
  • Patrick M. Blackett (awarded 1948), for developing the cloud chamber and confirming/discovering the positron.
  • Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (awarded 1951), for his pioneering work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles.
  • Hans Bethe (awarded 1967), for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars.
  • Nevill Francis Mott (awarded 1977), for his fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems.

Physiology and Medicine

  • Archibald Vivian Hill (awarded 1922), for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle. One of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research.
  • Sir John Sulston (awarded 2002), for his discoveries concerning 'genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death'. In 2007 it was announced that Sulston would join Manchester's Faculty of Life Sciences and will chair Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation.[1]

Economics

  • John Hicks (awarded 1974), for his pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory.
  • Sir Arthur Lewis (awarded 1979), for his pioneering research into economic development research with particular consideration of the problems of developing countries.
  • Joseph E. Stiglitz (awarded 2001), for his analyses of markets with asymmetric information. Currently, Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz heads the Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI) at the University of Manchester.