
Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1905 |
Number: | 20 - 1 |
Nominee 1: |
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Name: | The Inter-Parliamentary Union |
City: | Bern |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
Nominee 2: |
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Name: | John Theodor Lund |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1842 |
Year, Death: | 1913 |
Profession: | Member of parliament. Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (1897-1913). |
City: | Bergen |
Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
Motivation: | The Inter-Parliamentary Union promoted international arbitration and organized annual inter-parliamentary conferences. Lund was a pioneer of Norwegian inter-parliamentary peace work and he represented Norway at several international peace conferences. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Philip James Stanhope |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. |
Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
Comments: | Stanhope was elevated to the peerage in 1905 and he entered the House of Lords as Lord Weardale (First Baron Weardale of Stanhope). |