Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1908
Number:7 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Andrew Carnegie
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1835
Year, Death:1919
Profession:Industrialist and philanthropist
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Motivation: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.
 
Nominator:
Name:Samuel Train Dutton
Gender:M
Profession:Professor. Member of the Commision of the Permanent International Peace Bureau
University:Columbia University
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Comments: Dutton nominated both Albert K. Smiley and Carnegie, the former being his primary choice.