Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics
Year:1913
Number:13 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Albert Einstein
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1879
Year, Death:1955
University:Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institute) for Physics
City:Berlin
Country:GERMANY (DE)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1921
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Hendrik A Lorentz
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1853
Year, Death:1928
University:Leiden University
City:Leiden
Country:NETHERLANDS (NL)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1902
 
 
Nominator:
Name:Wilhelm Wien
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1864
Year, Death:1928
Profession:previous winner of a Nobel prize in physics, 1911
University:Würzburg
City:Würzburg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Comments: First choice: A. Einstein and H.A. Lorentz, divided. Second choice: J. Perrin and T. Svedberg, divided (see entry 13-2, 1913). Einstein received the 1921 prize in physics in 1922.