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George C. Marshall

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George C. Marshall

b. 1880

One of five Nobel Prizes

Victorian Era

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Biography

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.

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1880
Birth

United States Secretary of State, Nobel Laureate (d. 1959)

December 31 →
1939
Event

General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

September 1 →
1947
Event

en los Estados Unidos, George C. Marshall es designado secretario de Estado.

January 6 →
1953
Event

George C. Marshall, who, as secretary of state following World War II, engineered a massive economic aid program for Europe, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

October 30 →

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