| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1956 | 
| Number: | 61 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Karl Johann  Freudenberg | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1886 | 
| Year, Death: | 1983 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | Heidelberg University | 
| City: | Heidelberg | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Friedrich Emil  Brauns | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1890 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | Institute of Paper Chemistry | 
| City: | Appleton | 
| State: | WI | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Erik  Hägglund | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1887 | 
| Year, Death: | 1959 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | Forest Products Laboratory | 
| City: | Stockholm | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Joseph  Risi | 
| Gender: | M | 
| City: | Québec | 
| Country: | CANADA (CA) | 
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