John Mott
| John Mott | |
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| Narození | 25. května 1865 New York |
| Úmrtí | 31. ledna 1955 (ve věku 89 let) Orlando |
| Alma mater | Upper Iowa University Cornellova univerzita |
| Povolání | diplomat a teolog |
| Ocenění | Nobelova cena za mír (1946) velkokříž Řádu za zásluhy Spolkové republiky Německo |
| Nábož. vyznání | metodismus |
| Děti | Frederick D. Mott |
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John Raleigh Mott (25. května 1865 Livingston Manor, New York, USA – 31. ledna 1955 Orlando, Florida) byl dlouhodobý ředitel YMCA a WSCF (World Student Christian Federation). V roce 1946 získal Nobelovu cenu za mír za zakládání a posilování mezinárodních protestantských studentských organizací podporujících mír.
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1910 photograph of John Raleigh Mott. Caption: "DR. JOHN R. MOTT. CHAIRMAN OF THE "CONTINUATION COMMITTEE" OF THE WORLD MISSIONARY CONFERENCE (Mr. Mott, who was the presiding officer at the business sessions of the Edinburgh Conference, has been closely identified with religious work among students ever since his graduation from Cornell in 1888. He has been the moving spirit in the extension of the Young Men's Christian Association among universities, colleges, and professional schools, throughout the world, a movement which now enrolls in 'its various branches 135,000 students and teachers. His repeated tours of the world in the interest of this organization have brought him into close touch with missionary enterprises in many lands. Edinburgh University has conferred on Mr. Mott the degree of LL. D.)"
1910 photograph of John Raleigh Mott. Caption: "DR. JOHN R. MOTT. CHAIRMAN OF THE "CONTINUATION COMMITTEE" OF THE WORLD MISSIONARY CONFERENCE (Mr. Mott, who was the presiding officer at the business sessions of the Edinburgh Conference, has been closely identified with religious work among students ever since his graduation from Cornell in 1888. He has been the moving spirit in the extension of the Young Men's Christian Association among universities, colleges, and professional schools, throughout the world, a movement which now enrolls in 'its various branches 135,000 students and teachers. His repeated tours of the world in the interest of this organization have brought him into close touch with missionary enterprises in many lands. Edinburgh University has conferred on Mr. Mott the degree of LL. D.)"