| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1954 | 
| Number: | 52 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Linus Carl  Pauling | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1901 | 
| Year, Death: | 1994 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | California Institute of Technology | 
| City: | Pasadena | 
| State: | CA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954 | 
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1962 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Robert Burns B Woodward | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1917 | 
| Year, Death: | 1979 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | Harvard University | 
| City: | Cambridge | 
| State: | MA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1965 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Harlow  Shapley | 
| Gender: | M | 
| City: | Cambridge | 
| State: | MA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Comments: | First choice: Linus C Pauling, second choice: Robert B Woodward. | 
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