Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
The Nobel Peace Prize 1922
Nansen photographed towards the end of his life. Source Wikipedia
Name: Fridtjof Nansen
Birth: 10 October 1861, Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
Death: 13 May 1930, Oslo, Norway
Institution: Norway
Award: Originator of “Nansen passports” (for refugees), Norwegian Delegate, Société des Nations, Explorer, Scientist
Subject: humanitarian work
Zoologist – Neuroscientist, Polar Explorer, Oceanographer, Humanitarian. ‘Nansen Passports’ for stateless refugees. Despite Russia then being suspect in Western nations, relief for 7,000,000 to 22,000,000 Russians dying of famine.
Ministered to refugees – methods became classic: custodial care, repatriation, rehabilitation, resettlement, emigration, integration.
Love of mankind is politics in practice.
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Thesis
The Structure and Combination of the Histological Elements of the Central Nervous System, 1887 (PDF, 27.1 Mb).