The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1920
Number:	13-5
Nominee:
Name:	Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1856
Year, death:	1924
Profession/Category:	President (1913-1921).
City:	Washington, DC
Country:	US (UNITED STATES)
Received prize:	Pea 1919 »
Motivation:	Wilson advocated international law and arbitration. In January 1917 he had made an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the belligerents to end the war, calling for a "peace without victory". After the USA had entered the war, Wilson outlined his view on a post-war settlement through his "Fourteen points". These became the guiding principles for the Paris Peace Conference (1919-20), and included the establishment of the League of Nations. However, Wilson failed to obtain ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, and the USA did not join the League of Nations.
Nominator:
Name:	16 Professors of Jurisprudence at the University of Zagreb
Profession/Category:	Professors of Law (Jurisprudence)
University:	Zagreb
City:	Zagreb
Country:	HR (CROATIA)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Ragnvald Moe
Gender:	M
Comment:	In 1920 Wilson received the reserved prize for 1919. Croatia was at the time part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia from 1929).