| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year: | 1931 |
| Number: | 11 - 2 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Robert W Wood |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Petrus J Debye |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1884 |
| Year, Death: | 1966 |
| University: | Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institute) for Physics |
| City: | Berlin-Dahlem |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| City: | Berlin-Dahlem |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1936 |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | James Franck |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1882 |
| Year, Death: | 1964 |
| Profession: | previous winner of a Nobel prize in physics, 1925 |
| University: | University of Göttingen |
| City: | Göttingen |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1925 |
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| Comments: |
First choice: O. Stern (see entry 11-1, 1931).
Second choice: F. Paschen and A. Sommerfeld, divided (see entry 11-1, 1931).
Third choice: R.W. Wood.
Fourth choice: P. Debye. |
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