Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1907 |
Number: | 21 - 11 |
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Nominee 1:
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Name: | The Permanent International Peace Bureau |
Profession: | Central office through which peace activities could be coordinated |
City: | Bern |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1910 |
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Nominee 2:
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Name: | Hodgson Pratt |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1824 |
Year, Death: | 1907 |
Profession: | Honorary president of the Permanent International Peace Bureau |
City: | London |
Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
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Motivation: | The Peace Bureau organized peace conferences, and it collected and published peace literature. It was the heart of the European peace movement, and it co-ordinated the activities of the various national and non-governmental peace organizations.
Pratt was nominated for his effort to promote peace and arbitration. He contributed to the founding of the Permanent International Peace Bureau in 1891 and he was a member of its commission (until 1904). Pratt founded and presided over the International Arbitration and Peace Association. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | Émile Arnaud |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1864 |
Year, Death: | 1921 |
Profession: | Lawyer. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau. |
City: | Luzarches |
Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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Comments: |
Hodgson Pratt died in February 1907. |
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