| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1956 | 
| Number: | 40 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Louis  Néel | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1904 | 
| Year, Death: | 2000 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | Faculté des Sciences des Grenoble | 
| City: | Grenoble | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Cornelis Jacobus   Gorter | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1907 | 
| Year, Death: | 1980 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | Leiden University | 
| City: | Leiden | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Pierre  Jacquinot | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1910 | 
| Year, Death: | 2002 | 
| City: | Paris | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
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