| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1931 | 
| Number: | 20 - 2 | 
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| Nominee: 
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| Name: | Theobald  Smith | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1859 | 
| Year, Death: | 1934 | 
| Profession: | prof comparative pathology | 
| University: | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now  Rockefeller University) | 
| City: | New York | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Motivation: | Work on Texas fever, tuberculosis and insect transmission of diseases. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Seneca  Egbert | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| University: | Pennsylvania | 
| City: | Philadelphia | 
| State: | PA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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