| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1946 | 
| Number: | 56 - 1 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Herbert M Evans | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1882 | 
| Year, Death: | 1971 | 
| Profession: | prof anatomy | 
| University: | University of California | 
| City: | Berkeley | 
| State: | CA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Bernardo Alberto  Houssay | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1887 | 
| Year, Death: | 1971 | 
| Profession: | prof physiology | 
| University: | Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine | 
| City: | Buenos Aires | 
| Country: | ARGENTINA (AR) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | O  Riddle | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | dr | 
| University: | New York University | 
| City: | New York | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Motivation: | Evans: Physiology of the anterior hypophysis.
Houssay: Thyreotropic effect and metabolic hormones of the hypophysis.
Riddle: Discovery and production of the lactotropic hormone of the anterior hypophysis. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Fritz  Verzár | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | prof physiology | 
| University: | University of Basel | 
| City: | Basel | 
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) | 
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| Comments: | Evaluation 1: Evans and Houssay
Evaluation 2: Riddle | 
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