| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1946 |
| Number: | 46 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | John H Northrop |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1891 |
| Year, Death: | 1987 |
| Profession: | dept head |
| 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 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | James B Sumner |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1887 |
| Year, Death: | 1955 |
| Profession: | prof biochemistry |
| University: | Cornell University |
| City: | Ithaca |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 | |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Wendell M Stanley |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1904 |
| Year, Death: | 1971 |
| Profession: | dr |
| 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 | |
| Motivation: | Northrop: Purification and crystallization of enzymes (Pepsin and Trypsin). Sumner: Isolation and crystallization of urease. Stanley: Crystallization of viruses. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | George H Whipple |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1878 |
| Year, Death: | 1976 |
| Profession: | Nobel Laureate med 1934 |
| University: | University of Rochester |
| City: | Rochester |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
