| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1938 |
| Number: | 39 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | John H Northrop |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1891 |
| Year, Death: | 1987 |
| Profession: | head dept |
| University: | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University) |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Alfred N Richards |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1876 |
| Year, Death: | 1966 |
| Profession: | prof pharmacology |
| University: | Pennsylvania |
| City: | Philadelphia |
| State: | PA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Motivation: | Northrop: The production of crystallized digestion ferment (enzyme).
Richards: Work on the physiology of the kidneys. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | George R Minot |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1885 |
| Year, Death: | 1950 |
| Profession: | Nobel Laureate med 1934 |
| University: | Harvard University |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1934 |
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