| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1950 | 
| Number: | 40 - 1 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Frits  Zernike | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1888 | 
| Year, Death: | 1966 | 
| University: | University of Groningen | 
| City: | Groningen | 
| Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1953 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Bernard M Lyot | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1897 | 
| Year, Death: | 1952 | 
| City: | Paris | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Bengt  Edlén | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1906 | 
| Year, Death: | 1993 | 
| City: | Lund | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Alfred  Kastler | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1902 | 
| Year, Death: | 1984 | 
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university,  NP phy 1966 | 
| City: | Paris | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1966 | 
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