| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1931 | 
| Number: | 7 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Clinton J Davisson | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1881 | 
| Year, Death: | 1958 | 
| University: | Bell Telephone Laboratories | 
| City: | New York | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1937 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Lester Halbert  Germer | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1896 | 
| Year, Death: | 1971 | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | George Paget  Thomson | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1892 | 
| Year, Death: | 1975 | 
| University: | University of London | 
| City: | London | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1937 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Maurice  de Broglie | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1875 | 
| Profession: | specially invited individual | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
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| Comments: | The nomination was divided between C.J. Davisson, L.H. Germer and G.P. Thomson. | 
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