Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1930
Number:7 - 2
 
Nominee:
Name:Friedrich Wilhelm Förster
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1869
Year, Death:1966
Profession:Former professor of Mathematics. Educator.
City:Berlin
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Motivation:Förster promoted ethics, peace and international arbitration. He worked to improve the relations between France and Germany. Förster represented the pedagogic school of the peace movement. He was not motivated by political sentiments, but by his religious understanding and perception of ethics. He was a proponent of anti-militarism.
 
Nominator:
Name:B Schmittmann
Gender:M
Profession:Professor of Law (Jurisprudence)
University:University of Cologne
City:Cologne
Country:GERMANY (DE)