| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Number: | 12 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Otto Stern |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1888 |
| Year, Death: | 1969 |
| Profession: | prof |
| University: | Carnegie Institute of Technology |
| City: | Pittsburgh |
| State: | PA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1943 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Ernest O Lawrence |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1901 |
| Year, Death: | 1958 |
| Profession: | prof |
| University: | University of California |
| City: | Berkeley |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1939 |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | James Franck |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1882 |
| Year, Death: | 1964 |
| Profession: | prof, NP phy 1925 |
| City: | Chicago |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
First choice: O. Stern.
Second choice: E.O. Lawrence.
Stern received the 1943 prize in physics in 1944. |
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