| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Number: | 30 - 2 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Arnold Sommerfeld |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Year, Death: | 1951 |
| City: | Munich |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Henry Norris Russell |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1877 |
| Year, Death: | 1957 |
| University: | Princeton University |
| City: | Princeton |
| State: | NJ |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Enrico Fermi |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1901 |
| Year, Death: | 1954 |
| Profession: | previous winner of a NP in physics, 1938 |
| University: | University of Chicago |
| City: | Chicago |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
The nomination was made jointly by J. Franck (see entry 30-1, 1950) and E. Fermi.
Fermi became an American citizen in 1944. |
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