| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Number: | 37 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Charles Hard Townes |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1915 |
| Year, Death: | 2015 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Columbia University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1964 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | John Bardeen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1908 |
| Year, Death: | 1991 |
| City: | Champaign |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |