Belgian politician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1854–1913)

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Henri La Fontaine

<p><b>Henri La Fontaine</b> (<small about="#mwt8" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;IPA-fr&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:IPA-fr&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;lafɔ̃ˈtɛn&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">French pronunciation:<span>&nbsp;</span><span>​</span></small><span class="IPA"><a href="/en/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French" class="wl">[lafɔ̃ˈtɛn]</a></span>; 22 April 1854 – 14 May 1943), was a <a href="/en/Belgium" title="Belgium" class="wl">Belgian</a> international <a href="/en/Lawyer" title="Lawyer" class="wl">lawyer</a> and president of the <a href="/en/International_Peace_Bureau" title="International Peace Bureau" class="wl">International Peace Bureau</a>.  He received the <a href="/en/Nobel_Prize_for_Peace" title="Nobel Prize for Peace" class="mw-redirect wl">Nobel Prize for Peace</a> in 1913 because "he was the effective leader of the peace movement in Europe."<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Henri Marie La Fontaine, Born, Died, Occupati...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox biography vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn" style="display:inline">Henri Marie La Fontaine</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:HenriLaFontaine.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:HenriLaFontaine.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/HenriLaFontaine.jpg/220px-HenriLaFontaine.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="396" data-file-type="bitmap" height="311" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/HenriLaFontaine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/HenriLaFontaine.jpg 2x" alt="HenriLaFontaine.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">La Fontaine, <abbr>c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span> </span>1914</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Henri Marie La Fontaine</div><br><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1854-04-22</span>)</span>22 April 1854<br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/en/Brussels" title="Brussels" class="wl">Brussels</a>, <a href="/en/Belgium" title="Belgium" class="wl">Belgium</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">14 May 1943<span style="display:none">(1943-05-14)</span> (aged<span>&nbsp;</span>89)<br><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/en/Brussels" title="Brussels" class="wl">Brussels</a>, <a href="/en/Military_Administration_in_Belgium_and_Northern_France" title="Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France" class="wl">Occupied Belgium</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/en/Lawyer" title="Lawyer" class="wl">lawyer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known<span>&nbsp;</span>for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize" class="wl">Nobel Peace Prize</a> (1913)</td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

Henri La Fontaine , was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau.  He received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1913 because "he was the effective leader of the peace movement in Europe." 