| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Number: | 67 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Lise Meitner |
| Gender: | F |
| Year, Birth: | 1878 |
| Year, Death: | 1968 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Emilio Segrè |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1905 |
| Year, Death: | 1989 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | University of California |
| City: | Berkeley |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1959 | |
| 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: | James Franck |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1882 |
| Year, Death: | 1964 |
| City: | Chicago |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Comments: | First choice: Lise Meitner charing prize with Emilio Segrè, second choice: Maria Goeppert-Mayer sharing prize with J H D Jensen. Letter also states "Argonne National Lab." for Maria Goeppert-Mayer. |
