Guillaume-Henri Dufour

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Swiss general cartographer civil engineer co-founder of international organization human humanitarian military engineer

Guillaume-Henri Dufour was a Swiss general, engineer, and humanitarian who co-founded the International Committee of the Red Cross and played a key role in modern Swiss military and civil infrastructure.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Guillaume-Henri Dufour canonical	16
Guillaume-Henri Dufour was commander of the federal forces	1
Swiss engineer Guillaume-Henri Dufour	1
Swiss general Guillaume-Henri Dufour	1
cartographer Guillaume-Henri Dufour	1
reflects historical importance of Guillaume-Henri Dufour	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T95618 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Context triple: [International Committee of the Red Cross, foundedBy, Guillaume-Henri Dufour]

A. Charles Léon
Charles Léon was the illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and a French servant, known primarily for his connection to the emperor.
B. André Maginot
André Maginot was a French politician and Minister of War best known for initiating the fortified defensive system along France’s eastern border that came to bear his name.
C. Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Baptiste is the French given name of the mathematician and physicist Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, known for pioneering Fourier analysis and the study of heat conduction.
D. Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski was a 19th-century French statesman and diplomat who served notably as foreign minister under Napoleon III and was widely regarded as an illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte.
E. Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat and military officer who became a key ally of the American Revolution and later an influential figure in the French Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Target entity description: Guillaume-Henri Dufour was a Swiss general, engineer, and humanitarian who co-founded the International Committee of the Red Cross and played a key role in modern Swiss military and civil infrastructure.

A. Charles Léon
Charles Léon was the illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and a French servant, known primarily for his connection to the emperor.
B. André Maginot
André Maginot was a French politician and Minister of War best known for initiating the fortified defensive system along France’s eastern border that came to bear his name.
C. Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Baptiste is the French given name of the mathematician and physicist Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, known for pioneering Fourier analysis and the study of heat conduction.
D. Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski was a 19th-century French statesman and diplomat who served notably as foreign minister under Napoleon III and was widely regarded as an illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte.
E. Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat and military officer who became a key ally of the American Revolution and later an influential figure in the French Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Swiss general ⓘ cartographer ⓘ civil engineer ⓘ co-founder of international organization ⓘ human ⓘ humanitarian ⓘ military engineer ⓘ
coFounded	International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
contributedTo	development of Swiss civil infrastructure ⓘ modernization of Swiss military infrastructure ⓘ standardization of Swiss topographic mapping ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1787-09-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1875-07-14 ⓘ
designed	Pont de la Coulouvrenière ⓘ various bridges in Geneva ⓘ
employer	canton of Geneva ⓘ surface form: Canton of Geneva Swiss Army ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Swiss ⓘ
familyName	Dufour ⓘ
fieldOfWork	cartography ⓘ civil engineering ⓘ humanitarianism ⓘ military engineering ⓘ
givenName	Guillaume-Henri ⓘ
hasNamesake	Dufourspitze ⓘ Rue du Général-Dufour in Geneva ⓘ
honoredBy	naming of Dufourspitze ⓘ
languageSpoken	French ⓘ
memberOf	International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
name	Guillaume-Henri Dufour self-link ⓘ
notableEvent	command of federal troops in the Sonderbund War ⓘ
notableWork	Dufour Map ⓘ
occupation	cartographer ⓘ engineer ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ
participatedIn	Sonderbund War ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Konstanz ⓘ Prince-Bishopric of Constance ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
positionHeld	Swiss federal general ⓘ commander-in-chief of the Swiss federal army ⓘ president of the International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
residence	Geneva ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Committee of the Red Cross → foundedBy → Guillaume-Henri Dufour ⓘ

Théodore Maunoir → notableAssociation → Guillaume-Henri Dufour ⓘ

Guillaume-Henri Dufour → name → Guillaume-Henri Dufour self-link ⓘ

Cimetière des Rois → burialPlaceOf → Guillaume-Henri Dufour ⓘ

Dufourspitze → namedAfter → Guillaume-Henri Dufour ⓘ

Dufour Map → cartographer → Guillaume-Henri Dufour ⓘ

Dufour Map → director → Guillaume-Henri Dufour ⓘ

Dufour Map → namedAfter → Guillaume-Henri Dufour ⓘ

Rue du Général-Dufour in Geneva → namedAfter → Guillaume-Henri Dufour ⓘ