Peace
Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech at Award Ceremony by , Peace Laureate for 1922, on December 10, 1926 We still remember it vividly, that event of over eight years ago. For four long years the world had resounded with the fearful din of the battlefields, the piercing cries of the dying, the forlorn laments of parents and widows…
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1941
Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
moreSir Austen Chamberlain – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
Acceptance by Jospeh Austen Chamberlain. The Peace Prize for 1925, reserved in that year, was awarded on December 10, 1926, half of it to Sir Austen Chamberlain, the British foreign minister, and half to Charles Gates Dawes. In Sir Austen’s case, the prize recognized his work on the Locarno Pacts of 1925. Since he was…
moreCharles G. Dawes – Biographical
Biographical
Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865-April 23, 1951) pursued two careers during his lifetime, one in business and finance, the other in public service. He was at the height of his fame in both in 1926 when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1925. He was the vice-president of the United States; he…
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1942
Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
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