| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | 
| Year: | 1916 | 
| Number: | 28 - 0 | 
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Adolf von  Harnack | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1851 | 
| Year, Death: | 1930 | 
| Profession: | Church historian | 
| City: | Berlin | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE)  | 
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Karl  Alfred  Melin | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | Author, member of the Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien) | 
| University: | Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien) | 
| City: | Stockholm | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE)  | 
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| Comments: |  
The Nobel Committee decided to carry over a number of nominated candidates from the previous year, with members of the Nobel Committee acting as nominator (see entries 1916-24 through 1916-29). | 
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