| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year: | 1929 |
| Number: | 35 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Sir 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) |
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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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