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Philip Noel Baker of Great Britain is the only Olympian awarded with a Nobel Peace Prize. At the time of the award, he was a Member of Parliament and his age was 70 years.
In the Olympics of 1920, he won the silver in the 1500-meter dash.
In 1959, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his remarkable efforts in ending the World War 2.
He helped to draft a charter for UN in San Francisco, USA.
He wrote literature against the war in 1936, titled ‘The Private Manufacture of Armaments’. In 1958 he published ‘In The Arms Race: A Programme for World Disarmament’.
In the same year, i.e. 1958, he wrote a piece of literature based on his extensive research and personal experiences. This study won him, the Albert Schweitzer Book Prize in 1961.
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