President Calvin Coolidge (left) and Charles G. Dawes (right) outside the White House, Washington, DC, 1924. Charles G. Dawes and Frank B. Kellogg, 1925.

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The International Peace Bureau was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for acting as a link between the peace societies of various countries and helping them to organise the international peace movement. Full name: Permanent International Peace BureauNative name: Bureau international permanent de la PaixFounded: 1891 in Bern, SwitzerlandDate awarded: 10 December 1910 The heart and mind of…

Paul d’Estournelles de Constant was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Auguste Beernaert, for his prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration. Paul Henri d’Estournelles de Constant. Full name: Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d’Estournelles de Constant, Baron de Constant de RebecqueBorn: 22 November 1852, La Flèche, FranceDied: May 15, 1924, Paris, FranceDate…

Auguste Beernaert was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Paul d’Estournelles de Constant, for his prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration. Auguste Marie François Beernaert. Full name: Auguste Marie François BeernaertBorn: 26 July 1829, Ostend, BelgiumDied: 6 October 1912, Lucerne, SwitzerlandDate awarded: 10 December 1909 Prime minister and parliamentarian Auguste Beernaert…

Fredrik Bajer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Klas Pontus Arnoldson, for his long-time work for the cause of peace as politicians and peace society leaders. Fredrik Bajer. Full name: Fredrik BajerBorn: 21 April 1837, Næstved, DenmarkDied: 22 January 1922, Copenhagen, DenmarkDate awarded: 10 December 1908 Officer turned peace activist In 1865, Fredrik Bajer…

Albert Schweitzer, his wife Hélène Bresslau and Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in the auditorium of Oslo University, 4 November 1954. Albert Schweitzer before the departure to his hospital at Lambaréné in French Equatorial Africa, 1923.

Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Frederik Willem de Klerk, for his work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa. Nelson Mandela Full name: Nelson Rolihlahla MandelaBorn: 18 July 1918, Mvezo, South AfricaDied: 5 December 2013, Johannesburg, South AfricaDate awarded:…

Klas Pontus Arnoldson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Fredrik Bajer, for their long-time work for the cause of peace as politicians and peace society leaders. Klas Pontus Arnoldson Full name: Klas Pontus ArnoldsonBorn: 27 October 1844, Gothenburg, SwedenDied: 20 February 1916, Stockholm, SwedenDate awarded: 10 December 1908 At peace with Norway Firmly opposed…

Nobel Prize Conversations  “Real life is stranger than fiction right now” Meet Maria Ressa in an energetic and lively conversation, conducted in July 2022, where she speaks about our current world situation and why, to her, it is sometimes stranger than that portrayed on film. She also lets us in on why she chose…