Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1906
Number:17 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Hodgson Pratt
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1824
Year, Death:1907
Profession:Honorary president of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
City:London
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Motivation:Pratt was nominated for his effort to promote peace and arbitration. He contributed to the founding of the Permanent International Peace Bureau in 1891 and he was a member of its commission (until 1904). Pratt founded and presided over the International Arbitration and Peace Association.
 
Nominator:
Name:Élie Ducommun
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1833
Year, Death:1906
Profession:Honorary president of the Permanent International Peace Bureau. Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1902.
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Comments: Ducommun suggested Pratt in case of a divided prize. His primary choice was d'Estournelles de Constant.