| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Number: | 39 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
| Gender: | F |
| Year, Birth: | 1906 |
| Year, Death: | 1972 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | University of Chicago |
| City: | Chicago |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1907 |
| Year, Death: | 1973 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | Heidelberg University |
| City: | Heidelberg |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Harold Clayton Urey |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1893 |
| Year, Death: | 1981 |
| City: | Chicago |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1934 | |
| Comments: | Letter also states "Argonne National Lab." for Maria Goeppert-Mayer. |