| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1929 | 
| Number: | 35 - 1 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Owen W Richardson | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1879 | 
| Year, Death: | 1959 | 
| University: | University of London | 
| City: | London | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1928 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Irving  Langmuir | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1881 | 
| Year, Death: | 1957 | 
| University: | General Electric Co. | 
| City: | Schenectady | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Niels  Bohr | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1885 | 
| Year, Death: | 1962 | 
| Profession: | member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, NP phy 1922 | 
| University: | University of Copenhagen | 
| City: | Copenhagen | 
| Country: | DENMARK (DK) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1922 | 
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| Comments: | First choice: Either O.W. Richardson alone or a division between O.W. Richardson and I. Langmuir.
Second choice: Either R.W. Wood alone or a division between R.W. Wood and C.V. Raman (see entry 35-2, 1929).
Richardson received the 1928 prize in physics in 1929. | 
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