by Susan | Jul 14, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
In 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918 and 1919 the Nobel Committee did not award a Peace Prize because of World War I. Although no official records exist, they appear to have been torn between having their dreams of peace shattered by this horrific war and a feeling that now,...
by Susan | Jul 13, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1913 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Henri La Fontaine, of Belgium, for his work as head of the International Peace Bureau. He served as its president from 1907 until his death in 1943. La Fontaine, a socialist, lawyer and mountaineer, was to spend the World War...
by Susan | Jul 12, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1912 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Elihu Root of the United States for his strong interest in international arbitration and for his plan for a world court. Root was both Secretary of War (under McKinley and Roosevelt), Secretary of State (under Roosevelt) and...
by Susan | Jul 11, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1911 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Tobias Asser, of the Netherlands, for being a member of the Court of Arbitration as well as the initiator of the Conferences on International Private Law and to Alfred Fried, of Austria-Hungary, for his work as founder of...
by Susan | Jul 10, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1910 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Permanent International Peace Bureau, Bureau international permanent de la Paix, based in Bern, Switzerland, for acting as a link between the peace societies of the various countries. The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the...
by Susan | Jul 9, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1909 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Auguste Beernaert, of Belgium, for being a representative to the two Hague conferences, and a leading figure in the Inter-Parliamentary Union and to Paul Henri d’Estournelles de Constant, of France, for combined...
