| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1920 |
| Number: | 9 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Désiré-Joseph Mercier |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1851 |
| Year, Death: | 1926 |
| Profession: | Educator, archbishop of Malines. Professor of Philosophy |
| University: | Seminary of Malines |
| City: | Brussels |
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) |
| University: | Louvain |
| City: | Brussels |
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) |
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| Motivation: | Mercier was among the foremost leaders in the revival of the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. During the war (1914-1918) his stand against the Germans when they burned the Louvain Library and deported workmen made him an international spokesman for the Belgians. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Paul Fauchille |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1858 |
| Year, Death: | 1926 |
| Profession: | Member of the Institute of International Law. Editor |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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