Nobel Prize

Alfred Fried was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to popularise the work of experts in international law and promote a new and peaceful organisation of society. He shared the prize with Tobias Asser. Alfred Fried Full name: Alfred Hermann FriedBorn: 11 November 1864, Vienna, AustriaDied: 4 May 1921, Vienna, AustriaDate awarded: 10 December…

Tobias Asser was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as co-founder of the and pioneer in the field of international legal relations. He shared the prize with Alfred Fried. Tobias Asser Full name: Tobias Michael Carel AsserBorn: 28 April 1838, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsDied: 29 July 1913, the Hague, the NetherlandsDate awarded: 10 December 1911…

Charles G. Dawes and Frank B. Kellogg, 1925.

President Calvin Coolidge (left) and Charles G. Dawes (right) outside the White House, Washington, DC, 1924. Charles G. Dawes and Frank B. Kellogg, 1925.

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The International Peace Bureau was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for acting as a link between the peace societies of various countries and helping them to organise the international peace movement. Full name: Permanent International Peace BureauNative name: Bureau international permanent de la PaixFounded: 1891 in Bern, SwitzerlandDate awarded: 10 December 1910 The heart and mind of…

Paul d’Estournelles de Constant was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Auguste Beernaert, for his prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration. Paul Henri d’Estournelles de Constant. Full name: Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d’Estournelles de Constant, Baron de Constant de RebecqueBorn: 22 November 1852, La Flèche, FranceDied: May 15, 1924, Paris, FranceDate…

Auguste Beernaert was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Paul d’Estournelles de Constant, for his prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration. Auguste Marie François Beernaert. Full name: Auguste Marie François BeernaertBorn: 26 July 1829, Ostend, BelgiumDied: 6 October 1912, Lucerne, SwitzerlandDate awarded: 10 December 1909 Prime minister and parliamentarian Auguste Beernaert…

Fredrik Bajer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Klas Pontus Arnoldson, for his long-time work for the cause of peace as politicians and peace society leaders. Fredrik Bajer. Full name: Fredrik BajerBorn: 21 April 1837, Næstved, DenmarkDied: 22 January 1922, Copenhagen, DenmarkDate awarded: 10 December 1908 Officer turned peace activist In 1865, Fredrik Bajer…

Albert Schweitzer, his wife Hélène Bresslau and Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in the auditorium of Oslo University, 4 November 1954. Albert Schweitzer before the departure to his hospital at Lambaréné in French Equatorial Africa, 1923.