Christian Lous Lange, a Norwegian historian, and Nobel Prize laureate was born on 17th September 1869. He was one of the world’s foremost exponents of the theory and practice of internationalism.
Lange qualified as a high school teacher. Due to his knowledge of history and skills in English and French, he was appointed secretary and advisor to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. He helped to establish the Nobel Institute in Oslo.
In 1907 he was a delegate to the second peace conference at The Hague. In 1921 he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the Swedish prime minister, the social democrat Hjalmar Branting.
In the honor of this great historian, British Virgin Islands has issued 2 United States Dollar stamp, on 5th October 2001. It depicts the portrait of Christian Lous Lange in the forehead. Name of the country and year of issue can be seen at the bottom of the stamp.
Image Source: colnect.com
Kuras of Kolhapur ruled the southwest region of India between 30 BC and 64 CE. There were two power ...
On This Day in 1822, Champollion deciphered Rosetta hieroglyphs revealing a combination of phonetic ...
The Three Sisters are the three main crops of various Indigenous peoples of North America: squash, m...
Vamana Jayanti 2023 Vamana Jayanti celebrates Lord Vishnu's incarnation as a dwarf Brahmin to res...
India Post issued a stamp on Dada JP Vaswani to commemorate this spiritual leader, author, and advo...
Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in our endeavour.
For a past few days we have been recieving queries whether we buy/sell coins, stamps and currency.
We would like to inform you that, as of date, we have not provided such a platform. However please register on our website and do keep visiting our portal for further notifications on such a forum and other important and exciting news/updates.
Happy Collecting !
Email: info@mintageworld.com
Contact Us