Tobias Michael Carel Asser
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Tobias Michael Carel Asser (April 28, 1838, Amsterdam – July 29, 1913, The Hague) was a Dutch jurist, cowinner (with Alfred Fried) of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1911 for his role in the formation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the first Hague peace conference (1899). He also advocated for the creation of an international academy of law, which led to the creation of the Hague Academy of International Law.
He was son of Carel Daniel Asser (1813-85), and grandson of Carel Asser (1780-1836).
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- Entry in the Jewish Encyclopedia
- Nobel Peace Prize: Tobias Michael Carel Asser
- Tobias Michael Carel Asser–Biography
- Nobel biography
- C.G. Roelofsen, Asser, Tobias Michel Karel (1838-1913), in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. (in Dutch)
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1901: Dunant, Passy | 1902: Ducommun, Gobat | 1903: Cremer | 1904: IDI | 1905: Suttner | 1906: Roosevelt | 1907: Moneta, Renault | 1908: Arnoldson, Bajer | 1909: Beernaert, Estournelles de Constant | 1910: IPB 1911: Asser, Fried | 1912: Root | 1913: La Fontaine | 1917: ICRC | 1919: Wilson | 1920: Bourgeois | 1921: Branting, Lange | 1922: Nansen | 1925: Chamberlain, Dawes |
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