| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1908 |
| Number: | 7 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Andrew Carnegie |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1835 |
| Year, Death: | 1919 |
| Profession: | Industrialist and philanthropist |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Motivation: | Carnegie had donated money to build three international "temples of peace", including the Palace of Peace at The Hague. He advocated arbitration and international peace work, and he wrote a number of articles on peace. Carnegie was also president of the Peace Society of New York. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Samuel Train Dutton |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor. Member of the Commision of the Permanent International Peace Bureau |
| University: | Columbia University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
Dutton nominated both Albert K. Smiley and Carnegie, the former being his primary choice. |
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