| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1931 |
| Number: | 19 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| 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) |
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| 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). |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | John R Mez |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Economy |
| University: | University of Oregon |
| City: | Eugene |
| State: | OR |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
Mez also nominated Jane Addams, but Jordan was his primary choice. |
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