| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1918 |
| Number: | 2 - 1 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Max K Planck |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1858 |
| Year, Death: | 1947 |
| University: | Berlin |
| City: | Berlin |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1918 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Albert Einstein |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1879 |
| Year, Death: | 1955 |
| University: | Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institute) for Physics |
| City: | Berlin |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Stefan Meyer |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university |
| Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |
| Comments: | First choice: M. Planck. Second choice: A. Einstein. Third choice: N. Bohr and A. Sommerfeld, divided (see entry 2-2, 1918). Planck received the 1918 prize in physics in 1919. Einstein received the 1921 prize in physics in 1922. |
