1901 Nobel Peace Prize

1901 Nobel Peace Prize
Henri Dunant and Frédéric Passy
Dunant "for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding" and Passy "for his lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration."
Date
  • November 1901
    (announcement)
  • 10 December 1901
    (ceremony)
LocationOslo, Norway
Presented byNorwegian Nobel Committee
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1901 Nobel Peace Prize was the first peace prize resulting from Alfred Nobel's will to recognize in the preceding year those who "have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."[1] It was equally divided between the Swiss humanitarian Henri Dunant (1828–1910) "for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding" and the French pacifist Frédéric Passy (1822–1912) "for his lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration."[2] It was the first of the many times the Nobel Peace Prize has been shared between two or more individuals.

  1. ^ Full text of Alfred Nobel’s will nobelprize.org
  2. ^ The Nobel Peace Prize 1901 nobelprize.org