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Also known as Ralph Norman Angell, Sir Ralph Norman Angell Lane, Sir Ralph Norman Angell

British politician (1872-1967)

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Sir Norman Angell was a writer and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. His literary output includes works such as *Germany and the Rhineland*, *Eleventh hour questions*, *From Chaos to Control*, and *Europas synvilla*. He is also associated with the quote, "God has made Canada one of those nations which cannot be conquered and cannot be destroyed, except by itself."

Angell was born in 1874 and died in 1967. His bibliography contains 199 works, with five additional entries recorded in academic databases. He is recognized in the Nobel Peace collection and has been referenced by 286 other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1874
Died
1967
Works
199

Top works

  • Europas synvilla
  • Germany and the Rhineland
  • הרוצחים הסמויים מן העין
  • Eleventh hour questions
  • From Chaos to Control

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Norway
beyoung the gates 2026black metalprogressive black metal

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
41
Total plays
159

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Quotes

  • God has made Canada one of those nations which cannot be conquered and cannot be destroyed, except by itself.
  • The Council of the Union of Democratic Control re-affirms its unshaken conviction that a lasting settlement cannot be secured by a peace based upon the right of conquest and followed by commercial war, but only by a peace which gives just consideration to the claims of nationality, and which lays the foundation of a real European partnership.
  • Political nationalism has become, for the European of our age the most important thing in the world, more important than civilization, humanity, decency, kindness, pity, more important than life itself.
  • The root problem is very simply stated: if there were no sovereign independent states, if the states of the civilized world were organized in some sort of federalism as the states of the American Union, for instance, are organized, there would be no international war as we know it. ... The main obstacle is nationalism.
  • It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.
  • I joined the Labour Party not because it was Left Wing, but because it was definitely internationalists and would seem to be the group in the Labour Party which would serve my purpose best for propaganda along internationalist lines.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Peace Prize1933

    for having exposed by his pen the illusion of war and presented a convincing plea for international cooperation and peace

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ralph
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of death
Croydon
Political party
Labour Party
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Norman Angell 01.jpg
Work location
London
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Commons category
Norman Angell
date of birth
1874-01-01
date of death
1967-01-01
nominated for
Nobel Peace Prize
name in native language
Norman Angell
writing language
English language
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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Ralph Norman Angell (26 December 1872 – 7 October 1967) was a lecturer, journalist, author and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to promote peace, particularly through writings that argued that modern economic interdependence made war irrational and self-defeating.

Angell was one of the principal founders of the Union of Democratic Control. He served on the Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, was an executive for the World Committee against War and Fascism, a member of the executive committee of the League of Nations Union, and the president of the Abyssinia Association. He was knighted in 1931 and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Norman Angell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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