| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1953 | 
| Number: | 46 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Willis Eugene   Lamb, Jr | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1913 | 
| Year, Death: | 2008 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | Stanford University | 
| City: | Stanford | 
| State: | CA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1955 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Robert C Retherford | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1912 | 
| Year, Death: | 1981 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | University of Wisconsin | 
| City: | Madison | 
| State: | WI | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Harrie   Stewart Wilson Massey | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1908 | 
| Year, Death: | 1983 | 
| City: | London | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
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