Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1909 |
Number: | 20 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | William Thomas Stead |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1849 |
Year, Death: | 1912 |
Profession: | Journalist, author and publisher |
City: | London |
Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
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Motivation: | Promoted international law and arbitration |
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Nominator:
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Name: | V H Hilty |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Professor. Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration |
University: | University of Bern |
City: | Bern |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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Comments: |
Stead was passenger on the Titanic when the ship struck an iceberg and sank in 1912. He was one of the approximately 1,500 passengers who perished. |
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