Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde (German pronunciation: [ˈluːtvɪç ˈkvɪdə] ; 23 March 1858, Free City of Bremen – 4 March 1941, Geneva, Switzerland) was a German politician and pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Quidde's long career spanned four different eras of German history: Otto von Bismarck (until 1890), the Hohenzollern Empire under Wilhelm II (1888–1918), the Weimar Republic (1918–1933); and Nazi Germany. In 1927, Quidde was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Born into a wealthy bourgeois merchant family, Quidde grew up in Bremen, read history and got involved in the activities of the German Peace Society (Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Quidde has received more than 109,865 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Ludwig Quidde is the 4,736th most popular politician (down from 3,865th in 2019), the 1,307th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,068th in 2019) and the 392nd most popular German Politician.

Ludwig Quidde is most famous for being the first person to coin the term "First World War" in 1915. He did this because he felt that the war was not a fight between two countries, but rather a fight between the poor and the rich.