Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1928 |
Number: | 4 - 1 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1857 |
Year, Death: | 1941 |
Profession: | Army officer. Founder of the Boy Scouts movement. |
City: | London |
Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
Motivation: | Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts movement in 1907 and he organized the movement internationally. He and his sister Agnes founded the Girl Guides in 1910 (in the US Girls Scouts from 1912). In 1916 Baden-Powell organized the Wolf Cubs in Great Britain (Cub Scouts in the US) for boys under the age of 11. The nominators emphasized the brotherly mentality and the non-militaristic character of the movement. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | WH Carver |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of the British parliament |
City: | London |
Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
Eleven laureates were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2023, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Their work and discoveries range from effective mRNA vaccines and attosecond physics to fighting against the oppression of women.
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