PHILIP NOEL BAKER
Fridtjof Nansen died in 1930. His death robbed not only his native Norway, but the whole civilised world of a personality unique in history. His more spectacular feats, such as the voyage of the Fram in 1893 to the North Polar regions, and his exploration of the ice-capped interior of Greenland, are well known. Less known, however, are the other achievements of Nansen's extraordinarily active life.
In addition to being an explorer of the first rank, he was a brilliant athlete, scientist, and statesman. In the last capacity his work with the League of Nations will always be a memorial to his feeling of sympathy for his fellow men. It was his untiring efforts, for instance, which effected, soon after the war, the repatriation of about 500,000 prisoners from different parts of the world.
This evening Mr. Philip Noel Baker will talk of the Nansen he knew. Mr. Noel Baker was private secretary to the President of the Disarmament Conference at Geneva, and in various ways he has been connected with the League of Nations for several years.