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Definition of Nansen

1. Noun. Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930).

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Literary usage of Nansen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"FRIDTJOF Nansen (1861-) JHE great aid which science combined with common-sense can render in overcoming the difficulties and dangers of arctic exploration ..."

2. Russian Refugees in France and the United States Between the World Wars by James E. Hassell (1991)
"The League of Nations and Fridtjof Nansen As hundreds of thousands fled the Russian revolution and the civil war, most without means or destination, ..."

3. A Manual of Psychology by George Frederick Stout (1899)
"The individual Nansen is a universal as the unity and connecting identity of ... Nansen as perceived must be Nansen eating, or Nansen sleeping, or Nansen ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"D.1 Professor Pettersson has, in conjunction with Professor Nansen, ... The previous form of insulating water-bottle was found by Dr. Nansen in his arctic ..."

5. Treaty of Peace with Germany by Germany (1918- ), Germany (1918- ) Treaties, etc. 1918-, Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), United States Congress Senate, Germany, etc. 1918 Treaties, June 28 Treaty with Germany, 1919 (1919)
"Therefore he asked me to prepare a reply to the Nansen letter, which I have here. Senator KNOX. I think that was published in nearly all the papers. ..."

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