Charles Dawes was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his crucial role in bringing about the Dawes Plan. He shared the prize with Sir Austen Chamberlain. Charles Gates Dawes Full name: Charles Gates DawesBorn: 27 August 1865, Marietta, OH, USADied: 23 April 1951, Evanston, IL, USADate awarded: 10 December 1926 Dawes’ plan for peace Charles…

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“I am grateful to all of you and urge you to support the people of Iran until the final victory. Victory is not easy, but it is certain” In October 2023, after the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize, Narges Mohammadi was able to smuggle out a message to the Nobel Committee from the Evin…

A League of Nations meeting in a Geneva hotel, September 1926. From left: Foreign Ministers Gustav Stresemann, Austen Chamberlain, Aristide Briand and State Secretary Karl von Schubert.

A League of Nations meeting in a Geneva hotel, September 1926. From left: Foreign Ministers Gustav Stresemann, Austen Chamberlain, Aristide Briand and State Secretary Karl von Schubert.

A League of Nations meeting in a Geneva hotel, September 1926. From left: Foreign Ministers Gustav Stresemann, Austen Chamberlain, Aristide Briand and State Secretary Karl von Schubert.

Sir Austen Chamberlain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his crucial role in negotiating the Locarno Treaty. He shared the prize with Charles Dawes. Sir Austen Chamberlain Full name: Sir Austen ChamberlainBorn: 16 October 1863, Birmingham, United KingdomDied: 16 March 1937, London, United KingdomDate awarded: 10 December 1926 Mediator between Germany and France Austen…

Fridtjof Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leading role in the repatriation of prisoners of war, in international relief work and as the League of Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees. Fridtjof Nansen Full name: Fridtjof NansenBorn: 10 October 1861, Kristiania (now Oslo), NorwayDied: 13 May 1930, Oslo, NorwayDate awarded: 10 December 1922…

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Christian Lous Lange was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Karl Hjalmar Branting, for his lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organised internationalism. Christian Lange Full name: Christian Lous LangeBorn: 17 September 1869, Stavanger, NorwayDied: 11 December 1938, Oslo, NorwayDate awarded: 10 December 1921 Advocate of internationalism In 1921 Christian Lange of…