Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1915
Number:7 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1851
Year, Death:1925
Profession:Member of the French senate.
City:Paris
Country:FRANCE (FR)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1920
 
Motivation:Chairman of the French delegation to the Peace Conferences at The Hague in 1899 and 1907. Member of the French parliament's peace group. Promoted international law and arbitration.
 
Nominator:
Name:Lucien Le Foyer
Gender:M
Profession:Former member of the French parliament. Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
City:Paris
Country:FRANCE (FR)
 
Comments: Bourgeois was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested.