| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1909 | 
| Number: | 39 - 1 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Theodor  Boveri | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1862 | 
| Year, Death: | 1915 | 
| Profession: | prof zoology and comparative anatomy | 
| City: | Würzburg | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Jacques  Loeb | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1859 | 
| Year, Death: | 1924 | 
| Profession: | prof physiology | 
| University: | University of California | 
| City: | Berkeley | 
| State: | CA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | August  Weismann | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| City: | Freiburg im Breisgau | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Motivation: | Boveri and Weismann: Work on cytology.
Boveri and Loeb: Work on the chemistry of fertilization. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | A  Rauber | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | prof anatomy | 
| City: | Tartu | 
| Country: | ESTONIA (EE) | 
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| Comments: | Tartu, EE, was in the early 20th century also known as Dorpat (esp. in German). | 
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