| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1943 | 
| Number: | 16 - 1 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Percy W Bridgman | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1882 | 
| Year, Death: | 1961 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| University: | Harvard University | 
| City: | Cambridge | 
| State: | MA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1946 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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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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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Hannes  Alfvén | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1908 | 
| Year, Death: | 1995 | 
| Profession: | prof of phy or che at a Nordic univ listed in the spec reg of 1900, NP phy 1970 | 
| City: | Stockholm | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 | 
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| Comments: | First choice: P.W. Bridgman, or possibly G. Gamov (see entry 16-2, 1943).
Second choice: O. Stern, or possibly D.W. Kerst (see entry 16-2, 1943). 
Stern received the 1943 prize in physics in 1944. | 
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