| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1909 |
| Number: | 20 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | William Thomas Stead |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1849 |
| Year, Death: | 1912 |
| Profession: | Journalist, author and publisher |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
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| Motivation: | Promoted international law and arbitration |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | V H Hilty |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor. Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration |
| University: | University of Bern |
| City: | Bern |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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| Comments: |
Stead was passenger on the Titanic when the ship struck an iceberg and sank in 1912. He was one of the approximately 1,500 passengers who perished. |
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