| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1948 | 
| Number: | 21 - 2 | 
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| Nominee: 
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| Name: | Linus Carl  Pauling | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1901 | 
| Year, Death: | 1994 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| University: | California Institute of Technology | 
| City: | Pasadena | 
| State: | CA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954 | 
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1962 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Joseph Edward  Mayer | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1904 | 
| Year, Death: | 1983 | 
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university | 
| City: | Chicago | 
| State: | IL | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Comments: | The nomination was made jointly by H.C. Urey (see entry 21-1, 1948), J.E. Mayer and W.F. Libby (see entry 21-3, 1948). | 
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