
Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1913 |
Number: | 4 - 2 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1851 |
Year, Death: | 1925 |
Profession: | Member of the French parliament. Cabinet minister |
City: | Paris |
Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1920 | |
Motivation: | Chairman of the French delegation to the Peace Conferences at The Hague in 1899 and 1907. Member of the French parliament's peace group. Promoted international law and arbitration. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Henri Marie La Fontaine |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1854 |
Year, Death: | 1943 |
Profession: | Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau |
University: | Free University of Brussels |
City: | Brussels |
Country: | BELGIUM (BE) |
Comments: | Bourgeois was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested. La Fontaine also nominated US President Taft and Léon Bourgeois, the former being his primary choice. |