| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1940 | 
| Number: | 15 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Otto  Hahn | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1879 | 
| Year, Death: | 1968 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| University: | Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institut) für Chemie | 
| City: | Berlin-Dahlem | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1944 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Lise  Meitner | 
| Gender: | F | 
| Year, Birth: | 1878 | 
| Year, Death: | 1968 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| City: | Stockholm | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Arthur H Compton | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1892 | 
| Year, Death: | 1962 | 
| Profession: | previous winner of a NP in physics, 1927 | 
| University: | University of Chicago | 
| City: | Chicago | 
| State: | IL | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 | 
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| Comments: | The nomination was divided between O. Hahn and L. Meitner. 
Hahn received the 1944 prize in chemistry in 1945. | 
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