Floyd W. Schmoe | |
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Born | Prairie Center, Kansas, US | September 21, 1895
Died | April 20, 2001 | (aged 105)
Occupation(s) | Pacifist, author |
Spouses | Ruth Pickering (m. 1919)Tomiko Yamazaki (m. 1970) |
Children | Kenneth, Helen, Esther, Wilfred, Ruthanna |
Parent(s) | Ernest and Minta Schmoe |
Floyd Wilfred Schmoe (September 21, 1895 – April 20, 2001) was a Quaker, pacifist, author, college professor, marine biologist, and park ranger living in the Seattle, Washington, area for most of his life. He earned Japan's highest civilian honor for his peace activism and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times.