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Henry Dunant
Henry Dunant, also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, social activist, and co-founder of the Red Cross. His humanitarian efforts won him the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
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business · Swiss co-founder of the Red Cross (1828–1910) · entrepreneur · writer · founder · merchant · also Henry Dunant, Jean Henri Dunant, Jean Henry Dunant, J. Henry Dunant, Errikos D̲ynan, Anrī Dyunan
Born 8 May 1828 · Died 30 October 1910 · Q12091
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There is no man who more deserves this honour, for it was you, forty years ago, who set on foot the international organization for the relief of the wounded on the battlefield. Without you, the Red Cross, the supreme humanitarian achievement of the nineteenth century would probably have never been undertaken.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding.
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2026· 5 entries
EurekAlert!: Giannis Mountzios, M.D., of the Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece (IMAGE)
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Independent Journal Review: Henry Dunant Organizes Aid After Solferino
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Moviefone: Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross Where to Watch
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“There is no man who more deserves this honour, for it was you, forty years ago, who set on foot the international organization for the relief of the wounded on the battlefield. Without you, the Red Cross, the supreme humanitarian achievement of the nineteenth century would probably have never been undertaken.”
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2025· 1 entry
Moviefone: Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross - Where to Watch
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2024· 1 entry
Icrc.org: Bangladesh: 15th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2024 — Call for Registration, deadline extended
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2023· 2 entries
AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwean Lawyer Bags Henry Dunant Research Prize
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Icrc.org: Bangladesh: 14th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2023 — Call for Registration
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2022· 1 entry
The Big Issue: How Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, staged his own rehabilitation
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2020· 1 entry
A submarine internet cable named Dunant was laid between Virginia Beach, (United States) and Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, (France) financed by two private firms
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2010· 1 entry
The Takarazuka Revue staged a musical based on his time in Solferino and the founding of the Red Cross entitled Dawn at Solferino, or Where has Humanity Gone
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2002· 1 entry
“p. 16; As quoted in The Independent, Friday, 22 February 2002”
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1935· 1 entry
Their son René published a compilation of letters from Dunant to his father
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1910· 7 entries
Died 1910-10-30.
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“Schweizer Geschäftsmann und Humanist,”
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“Gründer des Roten Kreuzes,”
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“La battaglia di Solferino è la sola che nel XIX secolo, possa essere pareggiata, per l'estensione delle perdite che trasse seco, alle battaglie di Borodino, di Lipsia e di Waterloo. (p. 165)”
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“La gente común no tiene historia: perseguidos por el momento presente, no pueden pensar en preservar la memoria del pasado.”
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“Why could not advantage be taken of a time of relative calm and quiet to investigate and try to solve a question of such immense and worldwide importance, both from the humane and Christian stand-point?”
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“By Thy power, let there be peace, O God!”
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1903· 1 entry
Dunant was given an honorary doctorate by the medical faculty of the University of Heidelberg
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1901· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1901).
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“Friedensnobelpreisträger 1901”
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Dunant was awarded the first-ever Nobel Peace Prize for his role in founding the International Red Cross Movement and initiating the Geneva Convention
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1897· 2 entries
Rudolf Müller, who was now working as a teacher in Stuttgart, wrote a book about the origins of the Red Cross, altering the official history to stress Dunant's role
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Facilitated the founding of a "Green Cross" women's organization whose only section was briefly active in Brussels
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1895· 1 entry
Dunant was rediscovered by a journalist, which brought him renewed attention and support, and in 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize alongside French pacifist Frédéric Passy
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1890· 1 entry
Dunant became its honorary president
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1887· 1 entry
While living in London, he began to receive some monthly financial support from some distant family members
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1881· 1 entry
Together with friends from Stuttgart, he went to the small Swiss resort village Heiden for the first time
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1867· 1 entry
Which resulted in his bankruptcy and expulsion from the International Committee
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1866· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Redeemer (1866).
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1865· 4 entries
Awarded Order of the Crown (1865).
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Awarded Friedrich Order (1865).
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Awarded Order of Christ (1865).
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1865).
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1864· 4 entries
Awarded Order of the Zähringer Lion (1864).
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Awarded Royal Order of Vasa (1864).
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Awarded Albert Order (1864).
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Awarded Order of Ludwig I (1864).
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1862· 1 entry
In an edition of 1,600 copies and was printed at Dunant's own expense
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1860· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Glory presented by Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn for Notice sur la régence de Tunis (1860).
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Awarded Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (1860).
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1859· 2 entries
While on his way to petition Napoleon III, he witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy
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Dunant decided to appeal directly to French emperor Napoléon III, who was with his army in Lombardy at the time
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1856· 1 entry
Created a business to operate in foreign colonies, and, after being granted a land concession by French-occupied Algeria, a corn-growing and trading company called the Financial and Industrial Company of Mons-Djémila
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1853· 1 entry
Dunant visited Algeria, Tunisia, and Sicily, on assignment with a company devoted to the "colonies of Setif" (Compagnie genevoise des Colonies de Sétif)
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1849· 1 entry
At age 21, Dunant left the Collège de Genève due to poor grades and began an apprenticeship with the money-changing firm Lullin et Sautter
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1828· 2 entries
Born 1828-05-08.
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As the first son of businessman Jean-Jacques Dunant and Antoinette Dunant-Colladon
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