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  Nansen, Fridtjof - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The diversity of Nansen's interests is shown in his writings, which include Eskimo Life (1893), Closing-Nets for Vertical Hauls and for Vertical Towing (1915), Russia and Peace (1923), and Armenia and the Near East (1928).
Nansen's career as a statesman began in 1905, when he worked for the peaceful separation of Norway from Sweden; his efforts were rewarded by his appointment as Norway's first minister to Great Britain (1906-8).
In 1901 he had become director of an international commission to study the sea, and he made (1910-14) several scientific journeys, mainly in the N Atlantic.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Nansen-F.asp   (754 words)

  
 Nobel Peace Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
International Committee of the Red Cross (awarded retroactively in 1945).
president of the International Committee of the European Council, vice president of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, vice president of the World Federation of Trade Unions, member of the ILO Council, delegate to the UN.
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Boston.
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 Geometry.Net - Nobel: Angell Sir Norman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
English economistand worker for international peace who was awarded the nobel Prize for
At the close of World War I he worked for a generous peace and international cooperation.
Though he was a Swede by birth, he was very much an international man, being educated in St. Petersburg, Russia, where his family moved when he was a child.
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