| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1969 | 
| Number: | 138 - 0 | 
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | John Warcup   Cornforth Jr | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1917 | 
| Year, Death: | 2013 | 
| Profession: | Chemist | 
| City: | Sittingbourne | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB)  | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975 | 
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | George Joseph   Popják | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1914 | 
| Year, Death: | 1998 | 
| Profession: | Biochemist | 
| City: | Sittingbourne | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB)  | 
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Henry  McIlwain | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1912 | 
| Year, Death: | 1992 | 
| Profession: | Professor of Biochemistry | 
| University: | University of London | 
| City: | London | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB)  | 
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| Comments: |  
The prize to be shared between J.W. Cornforth and G.J. Popják. | 
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