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

Year:	1901
Number:	6-2
Nominee:
Name:	Élie Ducommun
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1833
Year, death:	1906
Profession/Category:	Veteran peace advocate. Honorary secretary of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
Country:	CH (SWITZERLAND)
Received prize:	Pea 1902 »
Motivation:	Ducommun was the unpaid leader of the Permanent International Peace Bureau, and his work was therefore closely connected to it. He actively started working for peace in 1867 when he participated at the foundation of Ligue de la Paix et de la Liberté. Ducommun advocated a pragmatic and practical approach to peace work, and he promoted international arbitration.
Nominator:
Name:	Ellen Robinson
Gender:	F
Profession/Category:	Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau
City:	Liverpool
Country:	GB (UNITED KINGDOM)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Christian Lous Lange
Gender:	M