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

Year:	1901
Number:	4-2
Nominee:
Name:	William Randal Cremer
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1838
Year, death:	1908
Profession/Category:	Member of parliament. Secretary of the International Arbitration League. Cofounder of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
City:	London
Country:	GB (UNITED KINGDOM)
Received prize:	Pea 1903 »
Motivation:	Cremer established the International Arbitration League in 1870. He initiated an arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the USA. Cremer organized and promoted inter-parliamentary peace conferences, and he was editor of the journal "The Arbitrator". He was the only labor leader in the peace movement. Cremer was also one of the founders of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Nominator:
Name:	Philip James Stanhope
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Member of parliament. Chairman of the British Inter-Parliamentary Group.
City:	London
Country:	GB (UNITED KINGDOM)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Christian Lous Lange
Gender:	M
Comment:	Cremer contributed to the founding of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The nomination was supported by 105 members of the British parliament.