| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1928 |
| Number: | 18 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Sir Owen W Richardson |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1879 |
| Year, Death: | 1959 |
| University: | University of London |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1928 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Irving Langmuir |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1881 |
| Year, Death: | 1957 |
| University: | General Electric Co. |
| City: | Schenectady |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Niels Bohr |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1885 |
| Year, Death: | 1962 |
| Profession: | previous winner of a Nobel prize in physics, 1922 |
| University: | University of Copenhagen |
| City: | Copenhagen |
| Country: | DENMARK (DK) |
| Comments: | First choice: O.W. Richardson. Second choice: O.W. Richardson and I. Langmuir, divided. Richardson received the 1928 prize in physics in 1929. |
