Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1942
Number:27 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:John H Northrop
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1891
Year, Death:1987
Profession:Department head
University:Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University)
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Wendell M Stanley
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1904
Year, Death:1971
Profession:Dr
Department:Animal and Plant Pathology Division
University:Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University)
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946
 
Motivation:J.Northrop: Work on enzymes. W.Stanley: Work on viruses. See comment.
 
Nominator:
Name:Albert Imre von Szent-Györgyi
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1893
Year, Death:1986
Profession:Nobel Laureate med 1937
Country:HUNGARY (HU)
 
Comments: J. Northrop and W. Stanley are nominated independently of each other by Szent-Györgyi.
 

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