Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1902 |
Number: | 7 - 3 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | Charles Albert Gobat |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1843 |
Year, Death: | 1914 |
Profession: | Lawyer, legislator, administrator. Secretary general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. |
City: | Bern |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1902 |
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Motivation: | Gobat was secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He was one of the leading administrators in the peace movement. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | Ritter Wladimir von Gniewosz-Olexow |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union |
City: | Vienna |
Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |
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Comments: |
The nominator also suggested Bertha von Suttner, but Gobat was his first choice. |
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