birth_place influences fields workplaces name birth_date residence article_title citizenship alma_mater
north baltimore , ohio mohandas k. gandhi , henry david thoreau , others political science , civil resistance , nonviolent revolution university einstein institution of massachusetts dartmouth , harvard university , albert gene sharp 21 january 1928 east boston , massachusetts gene sharp
 american ohio state university , oxford university
gene sharp

gene sharp -lrb- born january 21 , 1928 -rrb- is the founder of the albert einstein institution , a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action , and is a retired professor of political science at the university of massachusetts dartmouth .
he is known for his extensive writings on nonviolent struggle , which have influenced numerous anti-government resistance movements around the world .
gene sharp has been nominated for the nobel peace prize in 2015 and has previously been nominated three times in 2009 , 2012 and 2013 .
sharp was widely considered the favourite for the 2012 award .
in 2011 he was awarded the el-hibri peace education prize .
in 2012 he was a recipient of the right livelihood award as well as the distinguished lifetime democracy award .
