Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics
Year:1940
Number:19 - 2
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Wander J de Haas
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1878
Profession:prof
City:Leiden
Country:NETHERLANDS (NL)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:William F Giauque
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1895
Year, Death:1982
Profession:prof
University:University of California
City:Berkeley
State:CA
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949
 
 
Nominator:
Name:James Franck
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1882
Year, Death:1964
Profession:prof, NP phy 1925
City:Chicago
State:IL
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Comments: First choice: O. Stern. Second choice: O. Hahn and L. Meitner, divided. (see entry 19-1, 1940) Third choice: W.J. de Haas and W.F. Giauque, divided.
 

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