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    Henri La Fontaine (French pronunciation: [lafɔ̃ˈtɛn]; 22 April 1854 – 14 May 1943), was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International...
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    choices. Léonie La Fontaine died on 26 January 1949, the year when the law allowing women to vote came into effect. Léonie and Henri La Fontaine received a...
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  • 1907 under the name Central Office of International Associations by Henri La Fontaine, the 1913 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Paul Otlet, a founding father...
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  • author Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943), Belgian jurist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Herb LaFontaine (fl. 1951–1953), Canadian ice hockey player Hilary La Fontaine...
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    at the turn of the 20th century by Belgian lawyers Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine. The Mundaneum has been identified as a milestone in the history of...
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    Henri Fontaine (20 July 1924 – 31 January 2020), was a French Roman Catholic missionary. He was also a pre-Tertiary geologist/paleontologist, Paleozoic...
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    (1935). In 1907, following a huge international conference, Otlet and Henri La Fontaine created the Central Office of International Associations, which was...
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    link between the peace societies of the various countries". In 1913, Henri La Fontaine was also awarded the Prize "[For his work as] head of the International...
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    pro-German elements within the Congress. Belgian representative Senator Henri La Fontaine defended the League against attacks from the press, speaking and being...
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    broader field of information science. Paul Otlet (1868–1944) and Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943), both Belgian lawyers and peace activists, established...
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