| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Number: | 17 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Lee de Forest |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1873 |
| Year, Death: | 1961 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| City: | Los Angeles |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Clinton J Davisson |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1881 |
| Year, Death: | 1958 |
| City: | Charlottesville |
| State: | VA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1937 | |