Ducommun, Élie
Élie Ducommun (ālē´ dükômöN´), 1833–1906, Swiss journalist and pacifist. He organized (1891) the International Peace Bureau at Bern and shared the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize with C. A. Gobat.
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