Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1911
Number:6 - 3
 
Nominee:
Name:Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1851
Year, Death:1925
Profession:Senator (1905-1923). Former 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:
Name:Frédéric Passy
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1822
Year, Death:1912
Profession:Veteran peace worker. Cofounder of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1901.
City:Paris
Country:FRANCE (FR)
 
Comments: Bourgeois was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested.
 

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