In the history of public life, Carlos Saavedra Lamas is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Carlos Saavedra Lamas as Argentine politician (1878-1959).
Carlos Saavedra Lamas was born at Buenos Aires in 1878. His recorded nationality is Argentina. He was educated at University of Buenos Aires.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
He worked as jurist, lawyer and diplomat.
His affiliations include University of Buenos Aires.
Political reputations are settled slowly, and rarely by the people who made them.
His recorded fields of work are politics, diplomacy and international law.
Recognition followed: Nobel Peace Prize (1936).
That the work was done from Argentina matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Carlos Saavedra Lamas died in 1959, aged 81. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Nobel Peace Prize — 1936
- Affiliated with University of Buenos Aires
- Educated at University of Buenos Aires
- Worked as jurist, lawyer and diplomat
