| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1930 |
| Number: | 2 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Arnold Sommerfeld |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Year, Death: | 1951 |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Clinton J Davisson |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1881 |
| Year, Death: | 1958 |
| University: | Bell Telephone Laboratories |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1937 | |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Ira S Bowen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1898 |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Robert A Millikan |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Year, Death: | 1953 |
| Profession: | previous winner of a Nobel prize in physics, 1923 |
| University: | California Institute of Technology |
| City: | Pasadena |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Comments: | First choice: A. Sommerfeld. Second choice: C.J. Davisson. Third choice: I.S. Bowen. |
