Arthur H. Compton
Nominations
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Nominated for the Nobel Prize in
- Physics 1925, by Henry Gale
- Physics 1926, by Sir William Lawrence Bragg
- Physics 1926, by Albert Einstein
- Physics 1926, by Charles Fabry
- Physics 1926, by Robert Millikan
- Physics 1926, by Wilhelm Wien
- Physics 1927, by Max Born
- Physics 1927, by James Franck
- Physics 1927, by David Jordan
- Physics 1927, by Max von Laue
- Physics 1927, by Henry Osborn
- Physics 1927, by Max Planck
- Physics 1927, by Robert Wichard Pohl
- Physics 1927, by Charles Walcott
- Physics 1927, by Wilhelm Wien
Submitted nominations for the Nobel Prize in
- Physics 1929, nominee: Clinton Davisson
- Physics 1931, nominee: Clinton Davisson
- Physics 1936, nominee: Carl Anderson
- Physics 1937, nominee: Meghnad Saha
- Physics 1938, nominee: Enrico Fermi
- Physics 1940, nominee: Ernest Lawrence
- Physics 1940, nominee: Otto Hahn
- Physics 1947, nominee: Lise Meitner
- Physics 1948, nominee: Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (Baron Blackett)
- Physics 1952, nominee: Edward Purcell
- Physics 1958, nominee: Clyde Lorrain Cowan, Jr
- Physics 1961, nominee: Clyde Lorrain Cowan, Jr
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
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