| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1940 | 
| Number: | 12 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | John H Northrop | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1891 | 
| Year, Death: | 1987 | 
| Profession: | Department head | 
| University: | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now  Rockefeller University) | 
| City: | New York | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Wendell M Stanley | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1904 | 
| Year, Death: | 1971 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| Department: | Animal and Plant Pathology Division | 
| University: | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now  Rockefeller University) | 
| City: | New York | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 | 
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| Motivation: | J.Northrop:  Purification and crystallization of enzymes.
W.Stanley:  Crystallization of plant viruses. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Albert Imre  Szent-Györgyi | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1893 | 
| Year, Death: | 1986 | 
| Profession: | Nobel Laureate med 1937 | 
| Country: | HUNGARY (HU) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937 | 
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