| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1913 |
| Number: | 6 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Andrew Carnegie |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1835 |
| Year, Death: | 1919 |
| Profession: | Industrialist and philanthropist |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Motivation: | Carnegie was nominated for his large donations to the peace movement ("to hasten the abolition of war"). He was chairman of the Peace Association in New York and initiator of the first national peace gathering in 1907. Carnegie had donated money to build three international "temples of peace", including the Palace of Peace at The Hague. He advocated arbitration and international peace work, and he wrote a number of articles on peace. Carnegie was also president of the Peace Society of New York. He founded "The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace" in 1910. |
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Nominator 1:
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| Name: | Per Nilsson-Bosson |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Swedish parliament |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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Nominator 2:
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| Name: | N. Ason Berg |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Swedish parliament |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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| Comments: |
The nomination was submitted by Nilsson-Bosson and Berg on behalf of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League. They recommended that Carnegie was given one of the two prizes (the prize for 1912 had been reserved). Nilsson-Bosson was chairman of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League. |
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