Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1933 |
Number: | 4 - 5 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Sir Ralph Norman Angell Lane |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1872 |
Year, Death: | 1967 |
Profession: | Journalist, editor, author and lecturer. |
Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1933 | |
Motivation: | Angell advocated peace, pacifism and international understanding. He had written "The Great Illusion" (1910), in which he claimed that it was an illusion that war could be profitable to a nation, and he maintained that this illusion was going to lead Europe into a state of war. Angell also wrote "America and The New World-State"(1912), "The World's Highway" (1916) and several other works. "The Unseen Assassins" (1932) described nationalism as the greatest threat to world peace. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Jane Addams |
Gender: | F |
Year, Birth: | 1860 |
Year, Death: | 1935 |
Profession: | Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1931. |
City: | Chicago |
State: | IL |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Comments: | The nomination of Angell received overwhelming support, especially in the USA. Some of his political companions had initiated a campaign in favour of his candidacy, led by F.S. Cocks and Lord Snowden (members of the British parliament). A man called Mr. Wrench sent circulars (motivation based on the book "Unseen Assassins") around the world. In 1934 Angell received the reserved Nobel Peace Prize for 1933. |
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