| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1913 |
| Number: | 6 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Andrew Carnegie |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1835 |
| Year, Death: | 1919 |
| Profession: | Industrialist and philanthropist. |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Motivation: | Carnegie was nominated for his large donations to the peace movement ("to hasten the abolition of war"). He was chairman of the Peace Association in New York and initiator of the first national peace gathering in 1907. Carnegie had donated money to build three international "temples of peace", including the Palace of Peace at The Hague. He advocated arbitration and international peace work, and he wrote a number of articles on peace. Carnegie was also president of the Peace Society of New York. He founded "The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace" in 1910. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Norwegian parliament. Member of the Nobel Committee (1913-1939). |
| City: | Flekkefjord |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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| Comments: |
The nomination was one of three alternatives that Hanssen submitted to the Committee. The first alternative was a divided prize between the Danish Peace Association, the Norwegian Peace Association and the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League. The second alternative was a divided prize between (Ralph) Norman Angell (Lane)and Carl Sundblad. The third alternative was Andrew Carnegie. |
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