Henry Dunant - Wikipedia
WEBHenry Dunant (born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 1828 – 30 October 1910), 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.
Henri Dunant | Biography & Facts | Britannica
WEBHenri Dunant, Swiss humanitarian, founder of the Red Cross (now Red Cross and Red Crescent) and the World Alliance of Young Men’s Christian Associations. He was cowinner (with Frederic Passy) of the first Nobel Prize for Peace in …
Henry Dunant – Biographical - NobelPrize.org
WEBJ ean Henry Dunant’s life (May 8, 1828-October 30, 1910) is a study in contrasts. He was born into a wealthy home but died in a hospice; in middle age he juxtaposed great fame with total obscurity, and success in business with bankruptcy; in old age he was virtually exiled from the Genevan society of which he had once been an ornament and ...
Henry Dunant – Facts - NobelPrize.org
WEBJean Henry Dunant. The Nobel Peace Prize 1901. Born: 8 May 1828, Geneva, Switzerland. Died: 30 October 1910, Heiden, Switzerland. Residence at the time of the award: Switzerland. Role: Founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva; Originator Geneva Convention (Convention de Genève) Prize motivation: “for …
Henry Dunant (1828-1910) - ICRC
WEBJun 4, 1998 · A Memory of Solferino. Henry Dunant, who was born in Geneva on 8 May 1828, came from a devout and charitable Calvinist family. After incomplete secondary schooling, he was apprenticed to a Geneva bank. In 1853, he travelled to Algeria to take charge of the Swiss colony of Sétif.
160 years on the side of humanity: A commitment that has ...
WEBFeb 16, 2023 · On 24 June 1859, the future founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Henry Dunant, got the shock of his life. What he was about to do would change the course of humanitarianism profoundly.
Founding | International Committee of the Red Cross
WEBFounding. The Red Cross came into being at the initiative of a man named Henry Dunant, who helped wounded soldiers at the battle of Solferino in 1859 and then lobbied political leaders to take more action to protect war victims.
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