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

Year:	1901
Number:	27-1
Nominee 1:
Name:	Lev Nikolaevich (Leo) Tolstoy
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1828
Year, death:	1910
Profession/Category:	Author
City:	Moscow
Country:	RU (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
Nominee 2:
Name:	Herbert Spencer
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1820
Year, death:	1903
Profession/Category:	Philosopher and sociologist.
City:	London
Country:	GB (UNITED KINGDOM)
Nominator:
Name:	VH Hilty
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Professor of Law
University:	Bern
City:	Bern
Country:	CH (SWITZERLAND)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Christian Lous Lange
Gender:	M
Comment:	Tolstoy did not wish to receive a Nobel Prize. He stated that he would decline if he was awarded a prize.