Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1901 |
Number: | 7 - 9 |
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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: | Ole Anton Qvam |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Minister of Justice. |
City: | Kristiania (now Oslo) |
Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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Comments: |
Qvam endorsed a nomination initiated by Landskvinnestemmerettsforeningen (National Association for Female Suffrage). Qvam's wife Fredrikke Marie was president of Landskvinnestemmerettsforeningen. |
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