Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1909
Number:20 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:William Thomas Stead
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1849
Year, Death:1912
Profession:Journalist, author and publisher
City:London
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Motivation:Promoted international law and arbitration
 
Nominator:
Name:V H Hilty
Gender:M
Profession:Professor. Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
University:University of Bern
City:Bern
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Comments: Stead was passenger on the Titanic when the ship struck an iceberg and sank in 1912. He was one of the approximately 1,500 passengers who perished.