| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1942 | 
| Number: | 25 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Gilbert N Lewis | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1875 | 
| Year, Death: | 1946 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| University: | University of California | 
| City: | Berkeley | 
| State: | CA | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Walter Heinrich   Heitler | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1904 | 
| Year, Death: | 1981 | 
| Profession: | dr | 
| City: | Bristol | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Fritz  London | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1900 | 
| Year, Death: | 1954 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| City: | Durham | 
| State: | NC | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Kasimir  Fajans | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1887 | 
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university | 
| City: | Ann Arbor | 
| State: | MI | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Comments: | The nomination was divided between G.N. Lewis on one hand and W. Heitler and F. London on the other hand. | 
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