Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1916
Number:3 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Sir Ralph Norman Angell Lane
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1872
Year, Death:1967
Profession:Journalist, editor, author and lecturer.
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1933
 
Motivation:Angell was nominated for his book "The Great Illusion" (1910). He claimed that it was an illusion that war could be profitable to a nation, and he also maintained that this illusion was going to lead Europe into a state of war. Angell also wrote "America and The New World-State" (1912).
 
Nominator:
Name:Edwin Doak Mead
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1849
Year, Death:1937
Profession:Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
City:Boston
State:MA
Country:UNITED STATES (US)