Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1927 |
Number: | 3 - 4 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Ferdinand Edouard Buisson |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1841 |
Year, Death: | 1932 |
Profession: | Former professor and education administrator. Legislator. President of the French Human Rights League. |
University: | Sorbonne |
City: | Paris |
Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1927 | |
Motivation: | Buisson attended several peace conferences, including the Geneva Conference in 1867 that had great influence on the development of the idea of peace. He promoted reconciliation and rapprochement between peoples, a matter of great importance considering the strained relationship between France and Germany. Buisson was founder and president of the League of Human Rights (Ligue des Droits de l'Homme). |
Nominator: |
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Name: | A Aulard |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Professor of History. Vice president of the (French) Human Rights League. |
University: | University of Paris |
City: | Paris |
Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
Comments: | Buisson was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested. |
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