Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1911
Number:7 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Andrew Carnegie
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1835
Year, Death:1919
Profession:Industrialist and philanthropist
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
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.
 
Nominator:
Name:Charles B Swisher
Gender:M
Profession:Professor of History
University:George Washington University
City:Washington, DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)