| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1930 |
| Number: | 20 - 2 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Robert W Wood |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | James Franck |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1882 |
| Year, Death: | 1964 |
| Profession: | previous winner of a Nobel prize in physics, 1925 |
| University: | University of Göttingen |
| City: | Göttingen |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Comments: | First choice: O. Stern (see entry 20-1, 1930). Second choice: F. Paschen and A. Sommerfeld, divided (see entry 20-1, 1930). Third choice: R.W. Wood. |