Nobel Peace Prize 1902

Élie Ducommun

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Prize share: 1/2

Charles Albert Gobat

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Peace Prize 1902 was divided equally between Élie Ducommun "for his untiring and skilful directorship of the Bern Peace Bureau" and Charles Albert Gobat "for his eminently practical administration of the Inter-Parliamentary Union"

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