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Angell, Norman, 1872-1967We have 1 book for this author.Sir Ralph Norman Angell (December 26, 1872 – October 7, 1967) was an English lecturer, writer, and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party. Angell was one of the principal founders of the Union of Democratic Control. He served on the Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, was an executive for the World Committee against War and Fascism, a member of the executive committee of the League of Nations Union, and the president of the Abyssinia Association. He was knighted in 1931 and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933. Angell was one of six children, born to Thomas Angell Lane and Mary (Brittain) Lane in Holbeach, England. He was born as Ralph Norman Angell Lane, but later dropped the "Lane". He attended the Lycée de St. Omer and the University of Geneva. At the age of 17, he moved to the United States and spent seven years working in California, including as a cowboy, eventually becoming a journalist. He returned to England briefly in 1898, then moved to Paris. From 1905 to 1912, he was the Paris editor for the Daily Mail. Back in England again, he joined the Labour Party in 1920 and was MP for Bradford North from 1929 to 1931. He is most widely remembered for his work of 1909, Europe's Optical Illusion, known as The Great Illusion in America. The anti-war film The Grand Illusion was deliberately given its title in reference to his book. The thesis of that work was that the integration of the economies of European countries had grown to such a degree that war between them would be entirely futile, making militarism obsolete. Notable quotes
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