| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1956 | 
| Number: | 67 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Lise  Meitner | 
| Gender: | F | 
| Year, Birth: | 1878 | 
| Year, Death: | 1968 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| City: | Stockholm | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Emilio Gino  Segrè | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1905 | 
| Year, Death: | 1989 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | University of California | 
| City: | Berkeley | 
| State: | CA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1959 | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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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 | 
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| Nominee 4: 
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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 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | James  Franck | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1882 | 
| Year, Death: | 1964 | 
| City: | Chicago | 
| State: | IL | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1925 | 
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| Comments: | First choice: Lise Meitner charing prize with Emilio Segrè, second choice: Maria Goeppert-Mayer sharing prize with J H D Jensen.
Letter also states "Argonne National Lab." for Maria Goeppert-Mayer. | 
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