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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Louis Appia canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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
ⓘ
surface form:
Cimetière des Rois, Geneva
|
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| coFounded | International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1818-10-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1898-05-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Bonn
ⓘ
Heidelberg University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Heidelberg
Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
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| familyName | Appia ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
battlefield medicine
ⓘ
humanitarian aid ⓘ surgery ⓘ |
| givenName | Louis ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasRole | early Red Cross field delegate ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the Geneva Conventions ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Henry Dunant ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early field missions to war zones as a neutral medical observer
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
Geneva ⓘ |
| memberOf | International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ |
| movement |
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Red Cross movement
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| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| 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
ⓘ
Italian Risorgimento ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Wars of Unification humanitarian missions
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| placeOfBirth | Frankfurt am Main ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Geneva ⓘ |
| positionHeld | member of the International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence | Geneva ⓘ |
| sibling | Adolphe Appia ⓘ |
| wrote | manuals on first aid for the wounded in war ⓘ |
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