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

Year: 1901
Number: 7-7
   
Nominee:  
Jean Henry Dunant
M
1828
1910
Founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross
CH (SWITZERLAND)
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:
 
24 members of the Württemberg parliament (House of Deputies)
Members of Parliament
Stuttgart
DE (GERMANY)
   
Evaluation:
   
Evaluator 1:  
Christian Lous Lange
M
   
Comment: The nominators also wished to promote the candidacies of Dr. Adolf Richter, chairman of the Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft, and Stadtpharrer Umfrid, deputy chaiman of the Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft.
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