| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1937 |
| Number: | 22 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Tomás Garrigue Masaryk |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1850 |
| Year, Death: | 1937 |
| Profession: | Former president of Czechoslovakia (1918-35) |
| 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: | Veit Valentin |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of German History |
| University: | University of London |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
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| Comments: |
Masaryk had previously been evaluated in 1913, 1921, 1923 and 1936.
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