| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1928 |
| Number: | 137 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | George Barger |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1878 |
| Year, Death: | 1939 |
| Profession: | prof medical chemistry |
| City: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Charles R Harington |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1897 |
| Year, Death: | 1972 |
| Profession: | MD |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Edward C Kendall |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1886 |
| Year, Death: | 1972 |
| Profession: | head, biochemistry dept |
| University: | Mayo Clinic |
| City: | Rochester |
| State: | MN |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 | |
| Motivation: | E. Kendall: The isolation and chemical identification of thyroxin, the essential constituent of the thyroid gland. G. Barger and C. Harington: large-scale synthetic production of thyroxine; also modified Kendall´s original chemical description of thyroxine. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | John Sjöqvist |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof chemistry and pharmacy |
| University: | Karolinska Institutet |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
