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Noel-Baker

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[noh-uhl-bey-ker, nohl-] / ˈnoʊ əlˈbeɪ kər, ˈnoʊl- /

noun

  1. Philip John, 1889–1982, British statesman and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1959.


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He would not become an MP on his first attempt, losing the fight for the Derby South seat in 1955 to the future Nobel Peace Prize laureate Philip Noel-Baker, noted the Independent.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2014

Assistant Secretary of State William L. Clayton and Britain's Philip Noel-Baker agreed to offer Russia $240 million and still insisted that Russia admit observers.

From Time Magazine Archive

What would he think, Commonwealth Relations Minister Philip Noel-Baker asked the young chief, of abdicating and coming to live in England on a comfortable allowance?

From Time Magazine Archive

Later, other young reformers followed: Philip Noel-Baker, now Labor's Minister of Fuel and Power; onetime Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton; and in 1926, Harold Laski.

From Time Magazine Archive

A regular broadcaster in our studio was Francis Noel-Baker who later became a Labour member of Parliament in the British House of Commons, like his father.

From The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view by Joly, Norman F.