Henry Dunant

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Swiss person human humanitarian social activist

Henry Dunant was a Swiss humanitarian, social activist, and co-recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize, best known as the founder of the Red Cross movement.

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Henry Dunant (English) 1

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instanceOf Nobel Peace Prize laureate ⓘ
Swiss person ⓘ
human ⓘ
humanitarian ⓘ
social activist ⓘ
awardReceived Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ
causeOfDeath senility ⓘ
citizenship Switzerland ⓘ
coFounded International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
commemoratedBy World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day ⓘ
countryOfBirth Switzerland ⓘ
countryOfDeath Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1828-05-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1910-10-30 ⓘ
familyName Henry Dunant self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dunant
father Jean-Jacques Dunant ⓘ
founded International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
fullName Henry Dunant self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jean Henri Dunant
gender male ⓘ
givenName Henri ⓘ
Jean ⓘ
heritage Genevan ⓘ
influenced Geneva Conventions ⓘ
surface form: Geneva Conventions of 1864

development of international humanitarian law ⓘ
influencedBy Battle of Solferino ⓘ
knownFor founding the Red Cross movement ⓘ
inspiring the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
memberOf International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
mother Antoinette Dunant ⓘ
movement International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement ⓘ
surface form: Red Cross movement
NobelPrizeCategory Peace ⓘ
NobelPrizeSharedWith Frédéric Passy ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1901 ⓘ
notableIdea neutral and impartial humanitarian aid in war ⓘ
notableWork A Memory of Solferino ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
humanitarian ⓘ
social activist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Geneva ⓘ
placeOfBurial Cimetière des Rois ⓘ
Geneva ⓘ
placeOfDeath Heiden ⓘ
positionHeld Secretary of the Geneva branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association ⓘ
proposed creation of national relief societies for wounded soldiers ⓘ
international treaty to protect wounded soldiers and medical personnel ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
witnessed Battle of Solferino ⓘ

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