| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1931 |
| Number: | 15 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Friedrich Wilhelm Förster |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1869 |
| Year, Death: | 1966 |
| Profession: | Former Professor of Mathematics |
| City: | Berlin |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Motivation: | Förster promoted ethics, peace and international arbitration. He worked to improve the relations between France and Germany. Förster represented the pedagogic school of the peace movement. He was not motivated by political sentiments, but by his religious understanding and perception of ethics. He was a proponent of anti-militarism. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Baron Paul von Schoenaich |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1866 |
| Year, Death: | 1954 |
| Profession: | Member of the Commission of the International Peace Bureau |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
Förster was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested. |
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