| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1920 |
| Number: | 138 - 1 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Christiaan E Eijkman |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1858 |
| Year, Death: | 1930 |
| Profession: | prof hygiene |
| University: | Utrecht University |
| City: | Utrecht |
| Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1929 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Ross G Harrison |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof comparing anatomy |
| University: | Yale University |
| City: | New Haven |
| State: | CT |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Henry Head |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof |
| University: | University of London |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Motivation: | Eijkman: Work on experimental polyneurite and beri-beri. Harrison: Work on the growth of tissues in vitro. Head: Investigations of the sensory functions of the nervous system. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Israel Holmgren |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof |
| University: | Karolinska Institutet |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
