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Norman Angell
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British politician (1872-1967)
Norman Angell was a British politician and writer who lived from 1872 to 1967 and became known for his arguments about the economic interdependence of nations. His ideas, particularly about how modern economies make warfare economically irrational, influenced early 20th-century thinking about international peace and cooperation.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Peace Prize1933
“for having exposed by his pen the illusion of war and presented a convincing plea for international cooperation and peace”
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ralph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of death
- Croydon
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Educated at
- University of Geneva
- Political party
- Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Image
- Norman Angell 01.jpg
- Work location
- London
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- Commons category
- Norman Angell
- date of birth
- 1874-01-01
- date of death
- 1967-01-01
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize
- name in native language
- Norman Angell
- writing language
- English language
- candidacy in election
- 1929 United Kingdom general election
- member of
- Union of Democratic Control
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Ralph Norman Angell (26 December 1872 – 7 October 1967) was a lecturer, journalist, author and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to promote peace, particularly through writings that argued that modern economic interdependence made war irrational and self-defeating.
Angell was one of the principal founders of the Union of Democratic Control. He served on the Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, was an executive for the World Committee against War and Fascism, a member of the executive committee of the League of Nations Union, and the president of the Abyssinia Association. He was knighted in 1931 and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933.
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