Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1911
Number:12 - 8
 
Nominee:
Name:Alfred Hermann Fried
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1864
Year, Death:1921
Profession:Editor and journalist. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
City:Vienna
Country:AUSTRIA (AT)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1911
 
Motivation:Fried founded the journal "Die Waffen Nieder" in 1891, and he established the German Peace Society (Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft) in 1892. He also published "Monatliche Friedenskorrespondenz" and edited "Die Friedenswarte". Fried promoted international law, pacifism and disarmament, and he worked closely with Bertha von Suttner. Author of the books "Pan-Amerika" and "Der Kaiser und der Weltfrieden".
 
Nominator:
Name:Walther Adrian Schücking
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1875
Year, Death:1935
Profession:Professor of Law (Jurisprudence).
University:University of Marburg
City:Marburg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Comments: Schücking referred to 7 German and Austrian teachers of political science and international law.