| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Number: | 33 - 1 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Frits Zernike |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1888 |
| Year, Death: | 1966 |
| University: | University of Groningen |
| City: | Groningen |
| Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1953 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Bernard M Lyot |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1897 |
| Year, Death: | 1952 |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Alfred Kastler |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1984 |
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university, NP phy 1966 |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
| Comments: | First choice: F. Zernike and B. Lyot, undivided. Second choice: B. Lyot, B. Edlen and possibly W. Grotrian (see entry 33-2, 1948), undivided. |