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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1950s (72) 1959 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1905 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, southern (30) Spain (7) Luarca (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1990s (82) 1993 (5) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, southern (27) Spain (10) Madrid (7) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) S (39) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) O (16) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 55 (29) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (70) Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners (69) Physicians (65) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, southern (30) Spain (8) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Northeastern states (122) New York (49) New York (39) New York University (3) College of Medicine (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, southern (24) Spain (8) Madrid (8) Complutense University of Madrid (7) Alumni (6) Short-term academic staff (1) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Oxford (69) University of Oxford (69) Short-term academic staff (36) North America (529) United States (521) Midwestern states (201) Missouri (24) St. Louis (24) Washington University (24) Short-term academic staff (9) Northeastern states (374) New York (216) New York City (168) New York University (38) Long-term academic staff (13) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Academy of Sciences of the USSR (80) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences at Berlin (32) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) R-T (460) R (448) Real Academia Nacional de Medicina (5) Royal Society (294) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) D (194) doctor honoris causa (31) G-H (389) G (254) Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (14) M-N (333) N (205) National Medal of Science (101) complete name: Severo Ochoa de Albornoz nobel prize: medicine award year: 1959 together with: Arthur Kornberg prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 was awarded jointly to Severo Ochoa and Arthur Kornberg "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture birth name: Severo Ochoa de Albornoz given name: Severo family name: Ochoa occupation: writer occupation: physician occupation: university teacher occupation: researcher occupation: biochemist field of work: biochemistry field of work: molecular biology work location: New York University, 70 Washington Sq South, New York, NY, 10012-1091, United States of America description: Severo Ochoa de Albornoz was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and joint winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Arthur Kornberg. pronunciation: (Spanish: [seˈβeɾo oˈtʃoa ðe alβorˈnoθ]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1959/summary/> date birth: 1905 date death: 1993 usual name: Severo Ochoa