Charles Albert Gobat is remembered in public life for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Charles Albert Gobat as Swiss politician and lawyer (1843-1914).
Charles Albert Gobat was born at Tramelan in 1843. His recorded nationality is Switzerland. He was educated at University of Basel and Heidelberg University.
The nineteenth century produced mass politics - parties, newspapers, franchises that widened by inches - and empire on a scale never seen before.
The offices held were Member of the Swiss Council of States (1884–1890), Member of the Swiss National Council (1890–1914) and Member of the Grand Council of Bern.
His political affiliation is recorded as Free Democratic Party of Switzerland.
The test of a public life is what remained possible afterwards that had not been possible before.
Formal honours included the Nobel Peace Prize (1902).
That the career was made in Switzerland is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Charles Albert Gobat died in 1914, aged 71. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Member of the Swiss Council of States (1884–1890)
- Member of the Swiss National Council (1890–1914)
- Member of the Grand Council of Bern
- Nobel Peace Prize — 1902
- Educated at University of Basel and Heidelberg University
