| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1973 | 
| Number: | 142 - 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 | 
| University: | University of California | 
| City: | Los Angeles | 
| State: | CA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US)  | 
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Arthur John  Birch | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1915 | 
| Year, Death: | 1995 | 
| Profession: | Organic chemist | 
| City: | Canberra | 
| Country: | AUSTRALIA (AU)  | 
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| Comments: |  
The prize to be shared between J.W. Cornforth and G. Popják.
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