| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1957 | 
| Number: | 77 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Klaus  Clusius | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1903 | 
| Year, Death: | 1963 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | University of Zurich | 
| City: | Zurich | 
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Walter  Reppe | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1892 | 
| Year, Death: | 1969 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | Badischen Anilin- und Sodafabrik | 
| City: | Ludwigshafen am Rhein | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Alexander Robertus  Todd | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1907 | 
| Year, Death: | 1997 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | University of Cambridge | 
| City: | Cambridge | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1957 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Kurt  Alder | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1902 | 
| Year, Death: | 1958 | 
| City: | Köln | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950 | 
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| Comments: | First choice: Klaus Clusius, second choice: Walter Reppe, third choice: Lord Alexander R Todd. | 
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