| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| Year: | 1936 |
| Number: | 22 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Paul Karrer |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1889 |
| Year, Death: | 1971 |
| University: | University of Zurich |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1937 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Richard Kuhn |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1900 |
| Year, Death: | 1967 |
| University: | Heidelberg University |
| City: | Heidelberg |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| University: | Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für medizinische Forschung (now Max-Planck-Institut) |
| City: | Heidelberg |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1938 |
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Nominee 3:
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| Name: | George de Hevesy |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1885 |
| Year, Death: | 1966 |
| Country: | HUNGARY (HU) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1943 |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Anton von Eiselsberg |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1860 |
| Year, Death: | 1939 |
| Profession: | member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |
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| Comments: |
Kuhn, University: Heidelberg Univ and Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institut) für medizinische Forschung.
First choice: P. Karrer.
Second choice: R. Kuhn.
Third choice: G. de Hevesy.
Kuhn was awarded the 1938 prize in chemistry in 1939. He was caused by the authorities of his country to decline the award but later received the diploma and the medal. de Hevesy received the 1943 prize in chemistry in 1944. |
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