| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year: | 1919 |
| Number: | 6 - 2 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Albert Einstein |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1879 |
| Year, Death: | 1955 |
| University: | Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institute) for Physics |
| City: | Berlin |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Hendrik A Lorentz |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1853 |
| Year, Death: | 1928 |
| University: | Leiden University |
| City: | Leiden |
| Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1902 |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Max von Laue |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1879 |
| Year, Death: | 1960 |
| Profession: | previous winner of a Nobel prize in physics, 1914 |
| University: | Frankfurt am Main |
| City: | Frankfurt am Main |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
First choice: M. Planck (see entry 6-1, 1919).
Second choice: M. Planck and A. Sommerfeld, undivided (see entry 6-1, 1919).
Third choice: A. Einstein and H.A. Lorentz, divided.
Einstein received the 1921 prize in physics in 1922. |
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