| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | |
| Year: | 1938 |
| Number: | 17 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Leopold Ruzicka |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1887 |
| Year, Death: | 1976 |
| Profession: | prof |
| University: | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Federal Institute of Technology) |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Adolf F Butenandt |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1903 |
| Year, Death: | 1995 |
| Profession: | prof |
| University: | Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Biochemie (now Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry) |
| City: | Berlin-Dahlem |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| City: | Berlin-Dahlem |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Paul Karrer |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1889 |
| Year, Death: | 1971 |
| Profession: | previous winner of a NP in chemistry, 1937 |
| University: | University of Zurich |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Comments: | The nomination was divided between L. Ruzicka and A. Butenandt. Butenandt was caused by the authorities of his country to decline the award but later received the diploma and the medal. |
