Henri La Fontaine

Henri Marie La Fontaine
La Fontaine, c. 1914
Born
Henri Marie La Fontaine

(1854-04-22)22 April 1854
Brussels, Belgium
Died14 May 1943(1943-05-14) (aged 89)
Brussels, Belgium
Occupationlawyer
Known forNobel Peace Prize (1913)

Henri La Fontaine (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi lafɔ̃ˈtɛn]; 22 April 1854 – 14 May 1943), was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau. He received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1913 because "he was the effective leader of the peace movement in Europe."[1]

  1. ^ "Henri La Fontaine – Facts". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 19 January 2017.

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