| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | |
| Year: | 1970 |
| Number: | 109 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | John Warcup Cornforth Jr |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1917 |
| Year, Death: | 2013 |
| Profession: | Chemist |
| City: | Sittingbourne |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | George Joseph Popják |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1914 |
| Year, Death: | 1998 |
| Profession: | Biochemist |
| University: | University of California |
| City: | Los Angeles |
| State: | CT |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Robert Bruce Merrifield |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1921 |
| Year, Death: | 2006 |
| Profession: | Biochemist |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Christoph Tamm |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1932 |
| Year, Death: | 2017 |
| Profession: | Chemist |
| City: | Basel |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Comments: | The prize to be shared between J.W. Cornforth, G.J. Popják and R.B. Merrifield. |