Louis Appia
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Louis Appia was a 19th-century Swiss surgeon and humanitarian pioneer who helped establish the principles and institutions that became the modern Red Cross movement.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Red Cross pioneer
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human → humanitarian → surgeon → |
| advocatedFor |
neutrality of medical personnel in war
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protection of wounded soldiers regardless of side → |
| buriedIn |
Cimetière des Rois, Geneva
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| causeOfDeath |
natural causes
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| centuryOfActivity |
19th century
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| coFounded |
International Committee of the Red Cross
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Switzerland
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| dateOfBirth |
1818-10-13
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| dateOfDeath |
1898-05-01
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| educatedAt |
University of Bonn
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University of Heidelberg → University of Paris → |
| familyName |
Appia
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| fieldOfWork |
battlefield medicine
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humanitarian aid → surgery → |
| givenName |
Louis
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| hasGender |
male
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| hasRole |
early Red Cross field delegate
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| influenced |
development of the Geneva Conventions
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| influencedBy |
Henry Dunant
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| knownFor |
early field missions to war zones as a neutral medical observer
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helping establish the principles of the Red Cross → pioneering modern humanitarian law principles for the wounded in war → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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German → |
| livedIn |
Frankfurt am Main
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Geneva → |
| memberOf |
International Committee of the Red Cross
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| movement |
Red Cross movement
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| nativeLanguage |
German
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| notableWork |
development of battlefield first-aid principles
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promotion of neutral humanitarian aid to war wounded → |
| occupation |
humanitarian
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surgeon → |
| participatedIn |
Franco-Prussian War humanitarian missions
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Italian Wars of Unification humanitarian missions → |
| placeOfBirth |
Frankfurt am Main
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| placeOfDeath |
Geneva
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| positionHeld |
member of the International Committee of the Red Cross
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| religion |
Protestantism
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| residence |
Geneva
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| sibling |
Adolphe Appia
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| wrote |
manuals on first aid for the wounded in war
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Cimetière des Rois
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burialPlaceOf |
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International Committee of the Red Cross
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foundedBy |
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Théodore Maunoir
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notableAssociation |