Nomination archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1940
Number:1 - 0
 
Motivation:Conrad A. Elvehjem, prof agricultural chemistry, Madison, WI, USA, was nominated together with R. J. Madden, University of Wisconsin, College of Agriculture Studies, Madison, WI, USA, for studies of nicotinic acid. Nominator was Prof Agostino Crosti, Perugia, IT. Nomination was declared invalid by the Nobel Committee.
 
Comments: Three additional candidates, Klarer, Mietzsch and Domagk, were also nominated by A. Crosti. See entry nr 1-1.