| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Number: | 2 - 4 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Edvard Benes |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1884 |
| Year, Death: | 1948 |
| Profession: | Foreign minister (1918-1935). President (1935-1938). |
| City: | Prague |
| Country: | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZ) |
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| Motivation: | Benes advocated peace, justice and international law in the League of Nations while serving as Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister, and he continued to promote peace when he became president of Czechoslovakia. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Lord David Davies |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the British parliament |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
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| Comments: |
Lord Davies was Chairman of the New Commonwealth Society. It worked to produce a more effective League of Nations with a police force and an impartial tribunal, with broad jurisdiction over international disputes.
In 1938 Benes had to capitulate to the German ultimatum and Czechoslovakia lost Sudetenland in September. He resigned from office October 5, 1938, and went into exile. In 1939 he was living in the USA, working as a visiting professor at the University of Chicago. |
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