Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1912 |
Number: | 23 - 2 |
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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: | Wollert Konow |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of the Norwegian parliament |
City: | Kristiania (now Oslo) |
Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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Comments: |
Stead was a passenger on the Titanic when the ship struck an iceberg, and he was one of the approximately 1,500 passengers who perished.
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