Sir Ralph Norman Angell 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. The Nobel Peace Prize 1933, announced December 10, 1934. Sir Norman Angell, “for having exposed by his pen the illusion of war and presented a convincing plea for international cooperation and peace”. Sir Norman Angell: born 1872, Holbeach, United Kingdom. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).