Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1904
Number:6 - 4
 
Nominee:
Name:Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d`Estournelles de Constant (Baron de Constant de Rébecque)
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1852
Year, Death:1924
Profession:Former diplomat. Member of the French parliament. Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague.
City:Paris
Country:FRANCE (FR)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1909
 
Motivation:D'Estournelles represented France at The Hague Peace Conference in 1899. He attempted to get acceptance for the principle of compulsory arbitration, but this was not possible. After the conference he strongly promoted the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and he founded the French Groupe de l'Arbitrage in 1903. D'Estournelles advocated Franco-German conciliation and wanted a European federation.
 
Nominator:
Name:Count Nigra
Gender:M
Profession:Former Italian ambassador to Austria. Sentator.
City:Rome
Country:ITALY (IT)
 
Comments: Full name: Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet, Baron d'Estournelles de Constant de Rébecque. Count Nigra referred to a letter from G. Tornielli, the Italian ambassador to France.