Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1913 |
Number: | 31 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | Adolf Richter |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1839 |
Year, Death: | 1914 |
Profession: | Professor. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau |
City: | Pforzheim |
Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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Motivation: | Richter was chairman of the German Peace Association. One of the central figures of the early German peace movement. He attended international peace conferences and presided over the peace conference in Hamburg in 1897. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | Henri Marie La Fontaine |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1854 |
Year, Death: | 1943 |
Profession: | Member of the Belgian parliament |
University: | Free University of Brussels |
City: | Brussels |
Country: | BELGIUM (BE) |
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Comments: |
Richter was on the short list, but no new evaluation were requested.
La Fontaine suggested to give the prize for 1912 to Richter. He nominated former US President Taft and Léon Bourgeois for the prize of 1913, the former being his first choice . |
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