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  Frédéric Passy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frédéric Passy (May 20, 1822 - June 12, 1912) was a French economist and a joint winner (together with Henry Dunant) of the first Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1901.
Born in Paris, Passy's uncle Hippolyte Passy was a cabinet minister for both Louis Philippe and Louis Napoleon.
Passy directly engaged in political questions, advocating educational reform and intervening to prevent war between France and Prussia over Luxembourg.
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 Frédéric Passy - Biography
Passy was not, however, a cloistered scholar; he was a man of action.
Passy was a renowned speaker, noted for the intellectual demands he made on his audiences, as well as for his powerful voice, his ample gestures, and his majestic and dignified manner.
Van Schilfgaarde, Waszkléwicz, «Frédéric Passy», in Mannen en vrouwen van beteekenis in onze dagen.
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 Passy FrEdEric: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the midcentury, Frederic Passy, a student of the economist...Bastiat, was articulated by Frederic Passy 1822-1912 who eventually was...lower-classes; his most devoted pupil, Frederic Passy, worked on versions of that theme...
Frederic Passy, winner of the first Nobel Peace Prize (1901), also called for social reforms as a foundation for international stability...
The efforts of Frederic Passy in France and of Sir William Randal Cremer in Great Britain led to the foundation of the Inter-Parliamentary...
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 Frédéric Passy
The tradition of the French civil service was strong in Passy's family, his uncle, Hippolyte Passy (1793-1880), rising to become a cabinet minister under both Louis Philippe and Louis Napoleon.
Educated as a lawyer, Frédéric Passy entered the civil service at the age of twenty-two as an accountant in the State Council, but left after three years to devote himself to systematic study of economies.
Passy's passionate belief in education found expression in De la propriété intellectuelle (1859) and La démocratie et l'instruction (1864).
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 NTU Info Centre: Frédéric Passy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Passy was born in Paris and lived there his entire life of ninety years.
Passy lectured on economic subjects in virtually every city and university of any consequence in France and continued a stream of publications on economic subjects, some of the more important being Les Machines et leur influence sur le développement de l'humanité (1866), Malthus et sa doctrine (1868), L'Histoire du travail (1873).
The Passy M S S are in the Library of the Peace Palace at The Hague.
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 Press release - No.185
The Frédéric Passy Archive Centre, an annex of the House of Parliaments, was restored with the support of the French Parliament, which donated 150,000 Euros for the renovation of the building.
When this League was swept away by the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71), he reorganised it under the title of "French Society of Friends of Peace" which in turn lead to the birth in 1889 of the "French Society for Arbitration among Nations",.
Passy was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1881, re-elected in 1885 and defeated in 1889.
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The Frédéric Passy Archive Centre, an annex of the House of Parliaments,
Passy was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1881, re-elected in 1885
Passy, to discuss arbitration and the lay the foundations of an
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 Frederic Passy Winner of the 1901 Nobel Prize in Peace
Frederic Passy Winner of the 1901 Nobel Prize in Peace
Correspondence between Frédéric Passy and Aristide Rieffel (submitted by Thomas Cardoza)
Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Passy: Awards won by Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Passy (submitted by Jackson)
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 Frederic Passy --  Encyclopædia Britannica
After serving as auditor for the French Council of State (1846–49), Passy devoted himself to writing, lecturing, and organizing on behalf of various economic reforms and philanthropies.
He was cowinner (with Frédéric Passy) of the first Nobel Prize for Peace in 1901.
French economist and humanitarian Frédéric Passy in 1867 founded the International League for Peace, later known as the French Society for International Arbitration.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Frederic Passy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Passy, Frédéric (1822-1912), French economist, peace advocate, and Nobel laureate.
Passy shared the first Nobel Peace Prize with Swiss philanthropist...
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 Frederic Passy --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
Passy's work for peace began during the Crimean War (1853–56).
The painter and sculptor Frederic Remington created some of the most realistic portrayals of the American West in the late 19th century.
Biographical sketches of Jean Henri Dunant of Switzerland and Frédéric Passy of France.
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 AllRefer.com - FrEdEric Passy (Economics, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
FrEdEric Passy[frAdArEk´ pAsE´] Pronunciation Key, 1822–1912, French economist, winner (1901, with J. Dunant) of the first Nobel Peace Prize.
He studied law but abandoned it for journalism and the study of economics and problems of peace.
More articles from AllRefer Reference on Frederic Passy
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 Henri Dunant --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
He continued to promote interest in the treatment of prisoners of war, the abolition of slavery, international arbitration, disarmament, and the establishment of a Jewish homeland.
In 1901 he shared with Frédéric Passy (1822–1912) the first Nobel Peace Prize.
Biography of this Swiss founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, in 1901.
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 Centenary of the Nobel Peace Prize - award to Henry Dunant
and Frédéric Passy (1901 - 2001)
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The Nobel Peace Prize shall, he specified, be awarded by the Norwegian Storting “to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”.
The first Peace Prize went jointly to Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy one hundred years ago, in 1901.
Peter Nobel recalls the historical context in which Alfred Nobel established the Peace Prize and his motives for doing so.
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