| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1927 | 
| Number: | 4 - 0 | 
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| Nominee: 
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| Name: | Arthur H Compton | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1892 | 
| Year, Death: | 1962 | 
| University: | University of Chicago | 
| City: | Chicago | 
| State: | IL | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Max  von Laue | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1879 | 
| Year, Death: | 1960 | 
| Profession: | previous winner of a Nobel prize in physics, 1914 | 
| University: | Frankfurt am Main | 
| City: | Frankfurt am Main | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 | 
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