Peter Benenson
Peter Benenson · Philosophy & Social Sciences
British lawyer who founded Amnesty International (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)
1921, London, England, United Kingdom — 2005, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
United Kingdom (London · Oxford)
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Benenson came from a prominent Anglo-Jewish family — his maternal grandfather was the Russian-Jewish financier Grigori Benenson — though he himself converted to Catholicism in 1958. A British lawyer, he was moved by the imprisonment of people for their beliefs and in 1961 launched the 'Appeal for Amnesty', founding Amnesty International to defend prisoners of conscience worldwide. The organization he created received the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize for its human-rights work.
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British lawyer who founded Amnesty International (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Nobel Peace Prize winners
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