| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1961 | 
| Number: | 50 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Ernst August Friedrich  Ruska | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1906 | 
| Year, Death: | 1988 | 
| City: | Berlin | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Max  Knoll | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1897 | 
| Year, Death: | 1969 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| City: | Munich | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Ladislaus Laszlo  Marton | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1901 | 
| Year, Death: | 1979 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| City: | Washington | 
| State: | DC | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Dennis  Gabor | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1900 | 
| Year, Death: | 1979 | 
| City: | London | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1971 | 
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| Comments: | Letter states "Erich Ruska" and not "Ernst Ruska". | 
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