Nicholas Murray Butler
1862 – 1947 · aged 85
American philosopher, diplomat, and educator (1862-1947)
- Born
- 2 Apr 1862 · Elizabeth
- Died
- 7 Dec 1947 · Manhattan
Life timeline
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- 2 Apr 1862BornBorn in Elizabeth
- 1920AwardHonorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg
- 1921AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy
- 1921AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
- 1931AwardNobel Peace Prize
- 1937AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon
- 7 Dec 1947DiedDied in Manhattan
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1862 – 1947).
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
Biography
Nicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862 – December 7, 1947) was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the late James S. Sherman's replacement as William Howard Taft's running mate in the 1912 United States presidential election. The New York Times printed his Christmas greeting to the nation for many years during the 1920s and 1930s.
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