| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Number: | 58 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Gustaf Ising |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1883 |
| Year, Death: | 1960 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | Djursholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Rolf Wideröe |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1996 |
| Profession: | Dr |
| University: | Messrs. Brown-Boveri |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Donald William Kerst |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1911 |
| Year, Death: | 1993 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | University of Illinois |
| City: | Urbana |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1903 |
| Year, Death: | 1995 |
| City: | Dublin |
| Country: | IRELAND (IE) |