Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1930 |
Number: | 14 - 1 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Salmon Oliver Levinson |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1865 |
Year, Death: | 1941 |
Profession: | Lawyer and peace activist |
City: | Chicago |
State: | IL |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Motivation: | Levinson originated and publicized the "outlawry of war" movement in the United States, and in 1918 he argued that violence committed by nation-states ought to be declared illegal. He assisted in drafting the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928. It condemned war as a tool of national diplomacy. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | John Dewey |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1859 |
Year, Death: | 1952 |
Profession: | Professor of Philosophy |
University: | Columbia University |
City: | New York |
State: | NY |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |