LA FONTAINE, HENRI

La Fontaine, Henri: translation

(1854-1943)

Henri La Fontaine was born in Brussels on 22 April 1854. A lawyer active in promoting pacifism, he taught international law at theUniversité libre de Bruxelles. He founded, together withPaul Otlet, twointernational organizations—the Institut international de Bibliographie (1895) and the Office central des Associations internationales (1910), the precursor to the Union of International Associations. In 1913, La Fontaine was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He died in Brussels on 14 May 1943.