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

Year:	1921
Number:	6-2
Nominee:
Name:	Tomás Garrigue Masaryk
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1850
Year, death:	1937
Profession/Category:	President of Czechoslovakia (1918-1935)
City:	Prague
Country:	CZ (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Motivation:	Masaryk promoted humanism, ethics, and pacifism. As a Czechoslovakian nationalist he fought to defend the Slav peoples against Austrian-Hungarian imperialism. He successfully acted as mediator between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in 1912. During World War I Masaryk advocated democratic rights and human liberation. He was the chief founder and first president of Czechoslovakia.
Nominator:
Name:	22 Professors at the University of Prague (Drtina and Novotny)
Profession/Category:	Professors of history and philosophy
University:	Prague
City:	Prague
Country:	CZ (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Frede Castberg
Gender:	M