Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1912
Number:23 - 2
 
Nominee:
Name:William Thomas Stead
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1849
Year, Death:1912
Profession:Journalist, author and publisher
City:London
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Motivation:Promoted international law and arbitration
 
Nominator:
Name:Wollert Konow
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Norwegian parliament
City:Kristiania (now Oslo)
Country:NORWAY (NO)
 
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.