| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Number: | 54 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Joseph Mattauch |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1895 |
| Year, Death: | 1976 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | Mainz |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Willard Frank Libby |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1908 |
| Year, Death: | 1980 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| City: | Washington |
| State: | WA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1960 | |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Walter Heinrich Heitler |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1904 |
| Year, Death: | 1981 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | University of Zurich |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Klaus Clusius |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1903 |
| Year, Death: | 1963 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | University of Zurich |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |