| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1937 |
| Number: | 23 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Enrico Fermi |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1901 |
| Year, Death: | 1954 |
| University: | Rome |
| City: | Rome |
| Country: | ITALY (IT) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1938 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Robert W Wood |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Karl F Herzfeld |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Comments: | First choice: E. Fermi. Second choice: R.W. Wood. |
