Schroedinger developed his quantum theory when he was 35. I HIGHLY doubt they awarded him the Nobel Prize 14 years previous to that.
You're probably thinking of Pauli or Heisenberg or one of the other founders of quantum physics. They all made their discoveries in their early 20's. And they don't nearly get enough credit for it; Shroedinger usually gets more credit than he deserves, as his theory really wasn't that good and held progress in physics back about 30 years. Really, Pauli, Dirac, Heisenberg, et al. were pretty much screwed by Schroedinger...
...who, I'm sure, was somehow backed up by the evil, soulless Tom Donahoe, the rat bastard. TD set back physics 30 friggin' years!