| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Number: | 7 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Irving Langmuir |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1881 |
| Year, Death: | 1957 |
| Profession: | dr |
| University: | General Electric Co. |
| City: | Schenectady |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Cecil L Fortescue |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |