Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1937
Number:22 - 2
 
Nominee:
Name:Tomás Garrigue Masaryk
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1850
Year, Death:1937
Profession:Former president of Czechoslovakia (1918-35)
University:Prague
City:Prague
Country:CZECH REPUBLIC (CZ)
 
Motivation:Masaryk promoted humanism, ethics, and pacifism. As a Czechoslovakian nationalist he fought to defend the Slav peoples against Austrian-Hungarian imperialism. He successfully acted as mediator between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in 1912. During World War I Masaryk advocated democratic rights and human liberation. He was the chief founder and first president of Czechoslovakia.
 
Nominator:
Name:Veit Valentin
Gender:M
Profession:Professor of German History
University:University of London
City:London
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Comments: Masaryk had previously been evaluated in 1913, 1921, 1923 and 1936.