Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1926
Number:10 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:David Starr Jordan
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1851
Year, Death:1931
Profession:Naturalist, botanist, zoologist, author, lecturer, explorer and peace activist
City:Palo Alto
State:CA
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Motivation:Jordan was a well-known natural scientist. Inspired by social-darwinism, he considered war to be the greatest threat to the human race in that it caused a "reversal of selection". He therefore advocated peace and pacifism. Jordan was a member of commissions on US-Canadian relations (1896-1911). He presided over the World Peace Foundation (1909-1911), and served as an unofficial consultant for the US-Mexican commission that tried to solve the dispute between the two (1916). Jordan was vice-president of the World Peace Conference at The Hague in 1913 and for a similar congress in San Fransisco (1915). He also served as vice-president or executive member of several peace organizations, and he was a well-known lecturer both in the USA and abroad. Among his major works were "The Blood of the Nation" (1902), "The Human Harvest" (1907), "War and Waste" (1913), "Annexation and Conquest" (1916).
 
Nominator 1:
Name:Edgar E Robinson
Gender:M
Profession:Professor of History
University:Stanford University
City:Palo Alto
State:CA
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 2:
Name:M R Kirkwood
Gender:M
Profession:Professor of Law
University:Stanford University
City:Palo Alto
State:CA
Country:UNITED STATES (US)