| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1916 |
| Number: | 1 - 2 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | René Benoit |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1844 |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Marcel Brillouin |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
| Comments: | First choice: H. Abraham, A. Dufour and G.A. Ferrié, divided (see entry 1-1, 1916). Second choice: R. Benoit. Third choice: P. Langevin, J. Perrin and P. Weiss, divided (see entry 1-3, 1916). Fourth choice: A. Cotton, P. Duhem, C. Fabry (see entry 1-4, 1916), G. Gouy and H. Mouton (see entry 1-5, 1916), divided. |