Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1918
Number:11 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1856
Year, Death:1924
Profession:President (1913-1921).
City:Washington, DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1919
 
Motivation:Wilson advocated international law and arbitration. In January 1917 he had made an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the belligerents to end the war, calling for a "peace without victory".
 
Nominator:
Name:Théodore Eugène César Ruyssen
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1868
Year, Death:1967
Profession:Professor of Philosophy. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
University:University of Bordeaux
City:Bordeaux
Country:FRANCE (FR)