| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Number: | 54 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Hans Albrecht Bethe |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1906 |
| Year, Death: | 2005 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Cornell University |
| City: | Ithaca |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1967 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Richard Phillips Feynman |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1918 |
| Year, Death: | 1988 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | California Institute of Technology |
| City: | Pasadena |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1965 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | William A Fowler |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1911 |
| Year, Death: | 1995 |
| City: | Pasadena |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Comments: | First choice: Hans A Bethe, second choice: R P Feynman. |
