Nomination archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1913
Number:1 - 3
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Émile Arnaud
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1864
Year, Death:1921
Profession:Lawyer. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau (vice president).
City:Luzarches
Country:FRANCE (FR)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Henri Marie La Fontaine
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1854
Year, Death:1943
Profession:Professor of International Law . Member of parliament (Senate). Member of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
University:Free University of Brussels
City:Brussels
Country:BELGIUM (BE)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1913
 
Motivation:Arnaud promoted international law, arbitration and pacifism both in France and in the international peace movement. President of "Ligue de la Paix et de la Liberté" and editor-in-chief of the journal "Les Etats Unis d'Europe" from 1891. Vice-president of the French delegation to several international peace conferences initiated by the International Peace Bureau. La Fontaine was considered a true internationalist. He was president of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau and Secretary General for the Belgian Peace and Arbitration League. He also participated in the activities of the Inter-Parlimentary Union. Together with Paul Otlet he founded in 1907 the Union of International Associations.
 
Nominator:
Name:Gaston Moch
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1859
Year, Death:1935
Profession:Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
City:Paris
Country:FRANCE (FR)
 
Comments: La Fontaine was included on the short list.