| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Number: | 19 - 2 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Wander J de Haas |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1878 |
| Profession: | prof |
| City: | Leiden |
| Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| 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: |
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| Name: | James Franck |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1882 |
| Year, Death: | 1964 |
| Profession: | prof, NP phy 1925 |
| City: | Chicago |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1925 | |
| 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. |