Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1912
Number:23 - 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 1:
Name:Sir Thomas Burt
Gender:M
Profession:Member of Parliament
City:London
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Nominator 2:
Name:H G Chancellor
Gender:M
Profession:Member of Parliament
City:London
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Comments: Stead was a passenger on the Titanic when the ship struck an iceberg, and he was one of the approximately 1,500 passengers who perished. Th nomination was submitted by H.S. Perris, Secretary of the National Peace Council in London, on behalf of the two nominators.