[Year]: 1947
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[Laureate]: Edward Victor Appleton
[Relation]: Wheatstone Professor of Physics, 1924–1936
[Category]: Physics
[Rationale]: "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer"
(Laureates)[Year]: 1928
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[Laureate]: Owen Willans Richardson
[Relation]: Professor of Physics, 1914–1924
[Category]: Physics
[Rationale]: "for his work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of the law named after him"
(Laureates)[Year]: 2010
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[Laureate]: Mario Vargas Llosa
[Relation]: Lecturer in Spanish American Literature 1969–1970
[Category]: Literature
[Rationale]: "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat"
(Laureates)[Year]: 1984
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[Laureate]: Desmond Tutu
[Relation]: B.D., 1965; M.Th., 1966; Fellow of King's College, 1978; Visiting Professor in Post-conflict Societies, 2004
[Category]: Peace
[Rationale]: "Bishop of Johannesburg; former Secretary General, South African Council of Churches"
(Laureates)[Year]: 1929
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[Laureate]: Frederick Gowland Hopkins(shared with Christiaan Eijkman)
[Relation]: Student, Guy's Hospital; Professor of physiology and toxicology, Guy's Hospital, 1894–1898
[Category]: Physiology or Medicine
[Rationale]: "for his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins"
(Laureates)[Year]: 1932
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[Laureate]: Charles Scott Sherrington(shared with Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian)
[Relation]: Professor of systemic physiology, St Thomas' Hospital, 1887–1891
[Category]: Physiology or Medicine
[Rationale]: "for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons"
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