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

Year:	1901
Number:	7-6
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:	Samuel Baart de la Faille
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau
City:	The Hague
Country:	NL (NETHERLANDS)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Christian Lous Lange
Gender:	M
Comment:	Dr. de la Faille wanted to draw the Norwegian Nobel Committee's attention to the following candidates as worthy recipients of the peace prize: 1. the International Peace Bureau and Ducommun 2. Passy 3. Dunant 4. Suttner 5. Bloch 6. ten Kate.