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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1940s (43) 1949 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1907 (7) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Asia (96) Asia, northeast (41) Japan (26) Azabu (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1980s (66) 1981 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Asia (33) Asia, northeast (10) Japan (7) Kyoto (2) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) H (52) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) Y (9) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) H (38) Hideki (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 40 - 49 (140) 43 (15) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Asia, northeast (38) Japan (27) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Asia (83) Asia, northeast (31) Japan (24) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Asia (32) Asia, northeast (16) Japan (14) Kyoto (4) Kyoto University (4) North America (309) United States (303) Northeastern states (122) New York (49) New York (39) Columbia University (18) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Asia (71) Asia, northeast (34) Japan (33) Kyoto (18) Kyoto University (18) Alumni (8) Long-term academic staff (5) North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) New York (216) New York City (168) Columbia University (96) Long-term academic staff (33) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Academy of Sciences of the USSR (80) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Physical Society (113) E-P (571) I (60) Indian National Science Academy (36) J (15) Japan Academy (15) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) Royal Society of Edinburgh (19) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (9) I-J (268) I (80) Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (4) K-L (297) L (183) Lomonosov Gold Medal (23) O-P (364) O (205) Order of Culture (24) Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class (7) P (242) Person of Cultural Merit (22) Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (65) complete name: Hideki Yukawa nobel prize: physics award year: 1949 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1949 was awarded to Hideki Yukawa "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Hideki family name: Yukawa occupation: professor occupation: physicist occupation: nuclear scientist occupation: theoretical physicist field of work: physics work location: University of Tokyo, Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo, Japan description: Hideki Yukawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate. pronunciation: (湯川 秀樹 Yukawa Hideki) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1949. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1949/summary/> date birth: 1907 date death: 1981 usual name: Hideki Yukawa
