| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
| Year: | 1968 |
| Number: | 40 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | John S. Knight |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1894 |
| Year, Death: | 1981 |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Motivation: | John S. Knight was nominated for having courageously waged an editorial campaign for the causes of international and domestic peace for decades. By personal example and as a publisher and editor of several distinguished newspapers he has been a leader in the fight for tolerance. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Frederick D Lewis |
| Gender: | M |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |