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3 days ago · When the first Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in 1901, the Norwegian Nobel Committee opted to give it jointly to Jean-Henri Dunant and Frédéric Passy, a leading international pacifist. More significant than the honor of the prize itself, this prize marked the overdue rehabilitation of Jean-Henri Dunant and represented a tribute to his key role in the formation of the Red Cross.
11 hours ago · El palmarés se inició en 1901 con el fundador de Cruz Roja, Henry Dunant, y el activista Frédéric Passy y suma ya 104 ediciones --no se ha entregado el premio en 19 ocasiones, la última de ...
11 hours ago · At the age of sixty-six, Marie Curie passed away at the Sancellemoz Sanatorium in Passy, France on July 4, 1934. Her condition, aplastic pernicious anemia, which she developed after years of radiation exposure from her job, was listed as the cause of her death. Irene, born in 1898, and Eve, born in 1904, are her two surviving daughters.
2 days ago · List of Nobel laureates. Nobel laureates receive a gold medal together with a diploma and (as of 2023) 11 million SEK (roughly US$1.0 million, €0.95 million). Nobel laureates of 2012 – Alvin E. Roth, Brian Kobilka, Robert J. Lefkowitz, David J. Wineland, and Serge Haroche – during the ceremony.
1 day ago · 1901: Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy – Jean Henry Dunant founded the International Committee of Red Cross in 1863 and originated the Geneva Convention a year later. Meanwhile, Frédéric Passy founded the first French Peace Society. The two men were the first Nobel Peace Prize winners.
3 days ago · Sir William Randal Cremer (18 March 1828 – 22 July 1908) usually known by his middle name "Randal", was an English Liberal Member of Parliament, a pacifist, and a leading advocate for international arbitration.
11 hours ago · El palmarés se inició en 1901 con el fundador de Cruz Roja, Henry Dunant, y el activista Frédéric Passy y suma ya 104 ediciones –no se ha entregado el premio en 19 ocasiones, la última de ellas en 1972–. Treinta organizaciones y 111 individuos han recibido el Nobel de la Paz, un premio sobre el que no cabe revisión ‘a posteriori’.
