Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Year:1936
Number:22 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Paul Karrer
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1889
Year, Death:1971
University:University of Zurich
City:Zurich
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1937
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Richard Kuhn
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1900
Year, Death:1967
University:Heidelberg University
City:Heidelberg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
University:Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für medizinische Forschung (now Max-Planck-Institut)
City:Heidelberg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1938
 
Nominee 3:
Name:George de Hevesy
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1885
Year, Death:1966
Country:HUNGARY (HU)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1943
 
 
Nominator:
Name:Anton von Eiselsberg
Gender:M
Profession:member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Country:AUSTRIA (AT)
 
Comments: Kuhn, University: Heidelberg Univ and Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institut) für medizinische Forschung. First choice: P. Karrer. Second choice: R. Kuhn. Third choice: G. de Hevesy. Kuhn was awarded the 1938 prize in chemistry in 1939. He was caused by the authorities of his country to decline the award but later received the diploma and the medal. de Hevesy received the 1943 prize in chemistry in 1944.