
Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1916 |
Number: | 6 - 1 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1851 |
Year, Death: | 1925 |
Profession: | Member of the French senate. Cabinet Minister |
City: | Paris |
Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1920 | |
Motivation: | Bourgeois headed 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: | N A Nilsson |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau. Doctor. |
City: | Örebro |
Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
Comments: | The nominator referred to the candidate's achievements at the 2nd World Peace Conference at The Hague. |