| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1934 |
| Number: | 8 - 2 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | James Chadwick |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1891 |
| Year, Death: | 1974 |
| University: | University of Liverpool |
| City: | Liverpool |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1935 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Walter Gerlach |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1889 |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Frédéric Joliot |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1900 |
| Year, Death: | 1958 |
| University: | Radium Institute (Institut du Radium) |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Hans Thirring |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1888 |
| Year, Death: | 1976 |
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university |
| Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |
| Comments: | First choice: C.J. Davisson and L.H. Germer (see entry 8-1, 1934), divided. Second choice: C.D. Anderson (see entry 8-1, 1934), J. Chadwick, W. Gerlach, F. Joliot, I. Joliot-Curie, A. Sommerfeld and O. Stern (see entry 8-3, 1934), divided. |