| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Number: | 76 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Oswald Theodore Avery |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1877 |
| Year, Death: | 1955 |
| Profession: | dept head |
| University: | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University) |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Michael J Heidelberger |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1888 |
| Year, Death: | 1991 |
| Profession: | Associate prof biochemistry |
| Department: | College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| University: | Columbia University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Motivation: | Work on the chemical nature and immunochemical significance of the polysaccharides in pneumococci. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Herrmann Mooser |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof hygiene |
| University: | University of Zurich |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
