Auguste Marie François Beernaert was the prime minister of Belgium from October 1884 to March 1894, and the 1909 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The Nobel Peace Prize 1909, announced December 10, 1909. Auguste Beernaert and Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant, “for their prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration”. Auguste Beernaert: born 1829, Ostend, Belgium. Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant: born 1852, La Flèche, France. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).