| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | |
| Year: | 1952 |
| Number: | 56 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Hermann Staudinger |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1881 |
| Year, Death: | 1965 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | University of Freiburg |
| City: | Freiburg im Breisgau |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Klaus Clusius |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1903 |
| Year, Death: | 1963 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | University of Zurich |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Vincent du Vigneaud |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1901 |
| Year, Death: | 1978 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Adolf F Butenandt |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1903 |
| Year, Death: | 1995 |
| City: | Tübingen |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Comments: | First choice: Hermann Staudinger, second choice: Klaus Clusius. |
