Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1901 |
Number: | 4 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | William Randal Cremer |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1828 |
Year, Death: | 1908 |
Profession: | Member of parliament. Secretary of the International Arbitration League. Cofounder of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. |
City: | London |
Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1903 |
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Motivation: | Cremer established the International Arbitration League in 1870. He initiated an arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the USA. Cremer organized and promoted inter-parliamentary peace conferences, and he was editor of the journal "The Arbitrator". He was the only labor leader in the peace movement. Cremer was also one of the founders of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | Philip James Stanhope |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of parliament. Chairman of the British Inter-Parliamentary Group. |
City: | London |
Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
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Comments: |
Cremer contributed to the founding of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
The nomination was supported by 105 members of the British parliament. |
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