| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Number: | 59 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | John Bardeen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1908 |
| Year, Death: | 1991 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | Champaign |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1956 | |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1972 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Walter Houser Brattain |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1987 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| City: | Murray Hill |
| State: | NJ |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1956 | |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | William Shockley |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1910 |
| Year, Death: | 1989 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| City: | Murray Hill |
| State: | NJ |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1956 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | H Sterky |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |