| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1950 | 
| Number: | 51 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Klaus  Clusius | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1903 | 
| Year, Death: | 1963 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| City: | Zurich | 
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Hermann  Staudinger | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1881 | 
| Year, Death: | 1965 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | University of Freiburg | 
| City: | Freiburg im Breisgau | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| University: | Staatliches Institut für makromolekulare Chemie | 
| City: | Freiburg im Breisgau | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Felix  Machatschki | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | 
| City: | Vienna | 
| Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) | 
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| Comments: | First choice: K. Clusius.
Second choice: H. Staudinger. | 
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