Nomination Archive


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