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Desmond Mpilo Tutu Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu 1931-, South African religious leader. Educated in South Africa and London and ordained in 1961, he became (1975) the first black Anglican dean of Johannesburg. As general secretary of the South African Council of Churches (1978-84) he was an outspoken campaigner against ... Read more
Charles Albert Gobat Charles Albert Gobat
Charles Albert Gobat , 1843-1914, Swiss statesman. He took part in government affairs, wrote on international law, and helped found (1902) an international peace bureau. He received, with Élie Ducommun , the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize.... Read more
Nobel Prize Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel , who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. These prizes were first given in 1901. The ... Read more
Mother Teresa Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa 1910-97, Roman Catholic missionary in India, winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, b. Skopje (now in Macedonia) as Agnes Goxha Bojaxhiu. Of Albanian parentage, she went to India at 17, becoming a nun and teaching school in Calcutta (now Kolkata). In 1948 she left the convent and... Read more
Henry Kissinger Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger (born 1923) was secretary of state during the second Nixon administration and the Ford administration, chief of the National Security Council (1969-1973), professor at Harvard University (1952-1969), and co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (with Le Duc... Read more
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela , 1918-, South African statesman. He earned (1942) a law degree from the Univ. of South Africa and was prominent in Johannesburg's youth wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1952 he became ANC deputy national president, advocating nonviolent resistance to ... Read more
F W de Klerk F W de Klerk
F. W. de Klerk (Frederik Willem de Klerk) , 1936-, South African statesman, president of South Africa (1989-94). Holding ministerial posts from 1978, he became (1989) acting president when P. W. Botha resigned. Recognizing that black resistance to the white power monopoly would only increase, de... Read more
Emily Greene Balch Emily Greene Balch
Emily Greene Balch , 1867-1961, American economist and sociologist, b. Jamaica Plain, Mass., grad. Bryn Mawr, 1889. She taught at Wellesley College until her dismissal (1918) for opposing U.S. involvement in World War I. Co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom with Jane ... Read more
Alva Myrdal Alva Myrdal
Myr·dal1 / ˈmi(ə)rˌdäl/ , Alva Reimer (1902–86), Swedish peace activist; wife of Gunnar Myrdal. She wrote The Game of Disarmament (1976). Nobel Peace Prize (1982, shared with Alfonso Garcia Robles (1911–91)).... Read more
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