| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Number: | 66 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Samuel Abraham Goudsmit |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1978 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| City: | Brookhaven |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | George Eugene Uhlenbeck |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1900 |
| Year, Death: | 1988 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | University of Michigan |
| City: | Ann Arbor |
| State: | MI |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
| Gender: | F |
| Year, Birth: | 1906 |
| Year, Death: | 1972 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | University of Chicago |
| City: | Chicago |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 | |
| Nominee 4: |
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| Name: | Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1907 |
| Year, Death: | 1973 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | Heidelberg University |
| City: | Heidelberg |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Gerhart Wolfgang Rathenau |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1911 |
| Year, Death: | 1989 |
| City: | Amsterdam |
| Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) |
| Comments: | First choice: Samuel A Goudsmit sharing prize with George E Uhlenbeck, second choice: Maria Goeppert-Mayer sharing prize with J H D Jensen. Letter also states "Argonne National Lab." for Maria Goeppert-Mayer. |
