Timeline Wednesday 10 December 1947

Events on Wednesday 10 December 1947 5

• 1947 André Gide wins the Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize in Literature 1947 André Gide, for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings.
• 1947 Cori, Cori and Houssay win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 Carl and Gerty Cori for how glycogen is converted in the body, and Bernardo Houssay for the role of the pituitary hormone in sugar metabolism.
• 1947 Edward Appleton wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1947 Edward Appleton, for his study of the upper atmosphere and the Appleton layer.
• 1947 Robert Robinson wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1947 Robert Robinson, for his research on plant alkaloids.
• 1947 The Quakers win the Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Peace Prize 1947 The Friends Service Council and the American Friends Service Committee, for Quaker relief work during and after the war.