Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics
Year:1956
Number:67 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Lise Meitner
Gender:F
Year, Birth:1878
Year, Death:1968
Profession:Professor
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Emilio Gino Segrè
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1905
Year, Death:1989
Profession:Professor
University:University of California
City:Berkeley
State:CA
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1959
 
Nominee 3:
Name:Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Gender:F
Year, Birth:1906
Year, Death:1972
Profession:Professor
University:University of Chicago
City:Chicago
State:IL
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1963
 
Nominee 4:
Name:Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1907
Year, Death:1973
Profession:Dr
University:Heidelberg University
City:Heidelberg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1963
 
 
Nominator:
Name:James Franck
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1882
Year, Death:1964
City:Chicago
State:IL
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Comments: First choice: Lise Meitner charing prize with Emilio Segrè, second choice: Maria Goeppert-Mayer sharing prize with J H D Jensen. Letter also states "Argonne National Lab." for Maria Goeppert-Mayer.