Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1901 |
Number: | 7 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | Jean Henry Dunant |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1828 |
Year, Death: | 1910 |
Profession: | Founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1901 |
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Motivation: | Dunant was one of the founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross and he was the initiator of the Geneva Convention. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | Elias Sunde |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Minister of Finance. |
City: | Kristiania (now Oslo) |
Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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Comments: |
Sunde endorsed a nomination initiated by Mrs. Liane Fyhn and the Alliance Universelle des Femmes Pour la Paix. Liane Fyhn emphasized the importance of the efforts conducted by Dunant and the Red Cross Committee. |
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