The Nobel Peace Prize 1927
Awarded on: 1927-12-10
"for their contribution to the emergence in France and Germany of a public opinion which favours peaceful international cooperation"
Ludwig Quidde
Born: 1858-03-23 in Bremen, Germany
Gender: male
Field: German politician and pacifist (1858–1941)
Biography
Ludwig Quidde was a German politician and pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Quidde's long career spanned four different eras of German history: Otto von Bismarck, the Hohenzollern Empire under Wilhelm II (1888–1918), the Weimar Republic (1918–1933); and Nazi Germany. In 1927, Quidde was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.