| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1928 |
| Number: | 13 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Tomás Garrigue Masaryk |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1850 |
| Year, Death: | 1937 |
| Profession: | President of Czechoslovakia (1918-1935). |
| University: | Prague |
| City: | Prague |
| Country: | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZ) |
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| Motivation: | Masaryk promoted humanism, ethics, and pacifism. As a Czechoslovakian nationalist he fought to defend the Slav peoples against Austrian-Hungarian imperialism. He successfully acted as mediator between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in 1912. During World War I Masaryk advocated democratic rights and human liberation. He was the chief founder and first president of Czechoslovakia. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Ludwig Quidde |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1858 |
| Year, Death: | 1941 |
| Profession: | Historian. Member of Parliament. Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1927. |
| City: | Munich |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
Quidde nominated Addams as his primary choice. He did not want the prize to be divided. |
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