Estournelles de Constant, << ehs `toor` NEHL duh `kawns` TAHN, >> Paul Henri d’ (1852-1924), Baron d’Estournelles, was a French diplomat, political leader, and author. In 1909, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his long dedication to international relations. He served as a delegate to the Hague peace conferences in 1899 and 1907. He also served on the Permanent Court of Arbitration. In 1902, he persuaded United States President Theodore Roosevelt to submit a dispute between the United States and Mexico to the court, the first case to be so arbitrated. Estournelles served many years as a foreign diplomat and, in 1895, began a long career in the French government. During World War I (1914-1918), he turned his Loire Valley home into a hospital for wounded soldiers. Estournelles was born on Nov. 22, 1852, at La Flèche, a town in the Sarthe department (administrative district) of northwestern France. He died in Paris on May 15, 1924.
