| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1909 | 
| Number: | 10 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Wilhelm  Ostwald | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1853 | 
| Year, Death: | 1932 | 
| University: | Leipzig University | 
| City: | Leipzig | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1909 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Theodor  Curtius | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1857 | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Richard M Willstätter | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1872 | 
| Year, Death: | 1942 | 
| University: | University of Munich | 
| City: | Munich | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1915 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Georg  Bredig | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1868 | 
| Year, Death: | 1944 | 
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Comments: | First choice: W. Ostwald.
Second choice: T. Curtius.
Third choice: R.M. Willstätter. | 
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