| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1927 | 
| Number: | 1 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Arthur H Compton | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1892 | 
| Year, Death: | 1962 | 
| University: | University of Chicago | 
| City: | Chicago | 
| State: | IL | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Walter  Gerlach | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1889 | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Otto  Stern | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1888 | 
| Year, Death: | 1969 | 
| University: | Carnegie Institute of Technology | 
| City: | Pittsburgh | 
| State: | PA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1943 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Max  Born | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1882 | 
| Year, Death: | 1970 | 
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1954 | 
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| Comments: | First choice: A.H. Compton.
Second choice: W. Gerlach and O. Stern, divided.
Stern received the 1943 prize in physics in 1944. | 
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