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

Year:	1913
Number:	22-1
Nominee:
Name:	Tomás Garrigue Masaryk
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1850
Year, death:	1937
Profession/Category:	Professor of Philosophy. Member of the Austrian parliament
University:	Prague
City:	Prague
Country:	CZ (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Motivation:	Masaryk promoted humanism, ethics, and pacifism. Czech nationalist working to improve the relations between Czechs and Germans both within and outside Bohemia. He took active part of the conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in the trial against 53 alleged Serbian traitors in 1908. He fought to defend the Slav peoples against Austrian-Hungarian imperialism and in 1912, when a war between the the double monarchy and Serbia seemed inevitable, he successfully acted as mediator.
Nominators:
Names:	F. Drtina V. Novosny
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Professors of Philosophy
University:	Prague
City:	Prague
Country:	CZ (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Karl Vilhelm Hammer
Gender:	M
Comment:	The Czech Republic was at the time part of Austria-Hungary.