Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1911 |
Number: | 7 - 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. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | Charles B Swisher |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Professor of History |
University: | George Washington University |
City: | Washington, DC |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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