| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Number: | 48 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Giuseppe Paolo Stanislao Occhialini |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1907 |
| Year, Death: | 1993 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | Milan |
| Country: | ITALY (IT) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | George Dixon Rochester |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1908 |
| Year, Death: | 2001 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| City: | Durham |
| State: | NC |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Clifford Butler |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1922 |
| Year, Death: | 1999 |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (Baron Blackett) |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1897 |
| Year, Death: | 1974 |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1948 | |