Frédéric Passy
Name: Frédéric Passy
Birth: 20 May 1822, Paris, France
Death: 12 June 1912, Paris, France
Residence when prize awarded: France
Role: Founder and President of first French peace society (since 1889 called Société française pour l’arbitrage entre nations)
Field: humanitarian work, peace movement
Alfred Nobel’s contemporary. Apostle of Peace, Humanitarian, Economist, Lawyer, Politician. Founder, French peace society. Free trade between independent nations promotes peace. Inspired by Nobelist Randal Cremer.
Opposed France’s colonial policy. 1905 Sweden-Norway conflict, declared, ‘…peaceful solution will make me hundred times happier than when I received Nobel Prize…’ Wish fulfilled.
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Find in a library near you. In OCLC Worldcat website search box, copy and paste name of laureate. Click. In list of books, click book of interest to you. Computer probably uses a 5-digit zip code where you are physically located. Scroll down to libraries near you which possess book. Possibly more than one person with same name.