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Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker (* 1. November 1889 in London; † 8. Oktober 1982 ebenda) war Leichtathlet und Mitglied des britischen Parlaments. Er erhielt 1959 den Friedensnobelpreis für seinen Einsatz für den internationalen Frieden.
Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, PC (1 November 1889 – 8 October 1982), born Philip John Baker, was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament.
Biographical. The Right Honorable Philip John Noel-Baker (November 1, 1889-1982) is a man of strong and steadfast convictions. To a reporter who interviewed him after the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that he had been awarded the Peace Prize, he said, «War is a damnable, filthy thing and has destroyed civilization after civilization ...
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Philip J. Noel-Baker. The Nobel Peace Prize 1959. Born: 1 November 1889, London, United Kingdom. Died: 8 October 1982, London, United Kingdom. Residence at the time of the award: United Kingdom. Role: Member of Parliament; lifelong ardent worker for international peace and co-operation.
29. März 2024 · Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker was a British statesman and advocate of international disarmament who received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1959. Fluent in seven languages, he campaigned widely for 40 years for peace through multilateral disarmament. The son of Canadian-born Quakers, Baker.
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Philip Noel-Baker. Share this. Award ceremony speech. Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn *, Chairman of the Nobel Committee. Frequently when the storm clouds gather – perhaps for that very reason – the world is made aware of the forces of good, rallying to meet the threatened danger.
By what he did to help in cleaning up the wreckage left in Europe by the storms of war, he brought the League of Nations a new authority, made it an instrument of reconciliation, a symbol of hope and reconstruction to the peoples of the world.
