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

Year:	1901
Number:	7-9
Nominee:
Name:	Jean Henry Dunant
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1828
Year, death:	1910
Profession/Category:	Founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Country:	CH (SWITZERLAND)
Received prize:	Pea 1901 »
Motivation:	Dunant was one of the founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross and he was the initiator of the Geneva Convention.
Nominator:
Name:	Ole Anton Qvam
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Minister of Justice.
City:	Kristiania (Oslo)
Country:	NO (NORWAY)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Christian Lous Lange
Gender:	M
Comment:	Qvam endorsed a nomination initiated by Landskvinnestemmerettsforeningen (National Association for Female Suffrage). Qvam's wife Fredrikke Marie was president of Landskvinnestemmerettsforeningen.