| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1937 |
| Number: | 14 - 1 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Arnold Sommerfeld |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Year, Death: | 1951 |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Alfred L Loomis |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1887 |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Robert W Wood |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Hans Thirring |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1888 |
| Year, Death: | 1976 |
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university |
| Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |
| Comments: | First choice: A. Sommerfeld alone. A.L. Loomis and R.W. Wood, divided. Second choice: W. Pauli alone. C.J. Davisson and L.H. Germer, divided. (see entry 14-2, 1937). Third choice: E. Fermi alone. W. Gerlach and O. Stern, divided. (see entry 14-3, 1937). |