Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1908
Number:22 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:William Thomas Stead
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1849
Year, Death:1912
Profession:Journalist, author and publisher.
City:London
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Motivation:Stead promoted peace and international arbitration.
 
Nominator:
Name:Tobias Michael Carel Asser
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1838
Year, Death:1913
Profession:Member of the Institute of International Law.
City:The Hague
Country:NETHERLANDS (NL)
 
Comments: Stead was passenger on the Titanic when the ship struck an iceberg and sank in 1912. He was one of the approximately 1,500 passengers who perished.