Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1910
Number:19 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Adolf Richter
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1839
Year, Death:1914
Profession:Professor. Member of the Commision of the Permanent International Peace Bureau
City:Pforzheim
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Nominee 2:
Name: The Inter-Parliamentary Union
City:Bern
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Nominee 3:
Name: The Permanent International Peace Bureau
Profession:Central office through which peace activities could be coordinated
City:Bern
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1910
 
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. The Inter-Parliamentary Union promoted international arbitration and organized annual inter-parliamentary conferences. The Peace Bureau organized peace conferences, and it collected and published peace literature. It was the heart of the European peace movement, and it co-ordinated the activities of the various national and non-governmental peace organizations.
 
Nominator:
Name:Léon de Montluc
Gender:M
Profession:Professor. Member of the Institute of International Law
City:Paris
Country:FRANCE (FR)