| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1950 | 
| Number: | 30 - 1 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Arnold  Sommerfeld | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1868 | 
| Year, Death: | 1951 | 
| City: | Munich | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Henry Norris  Russell | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1877 | 
| Year, Death: | 1957 | 
| University: | Princeton University | 
| City: | Princeton | 
| State: | NJ | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | James  Franck | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1882 | 
| Year, Death: | 1964 | 
| Profession: | previous winner of a NP in physics,  1925 | 
| University: | University of Chicago | 
| City: | Chicago | 
| State: | IL | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1925 | 
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| Comments: | The nomination was made jointly by J. Franck and E. Fermi (see entry 30-2, 1950). | 
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