Henry Dunant (born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 1828 – 30 October 1910), also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, social activist...
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The Henry Dunant Medal is the highest award of the Red Cross Movement. It is named after Henry Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross Movement. The medal...
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on the battlefield. A devout Calvinist, the Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant traveled to Italy to meet then-French emperor Napoleon III in June 1859...
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International Committee of the Red Cross (category Henry Dunant)
were wounded on the battlefield. In June 1859, the Swiss businessman Henry Dunant travelled to Italy to meet French emperor Napoléon III with the intention...
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States (Virginia Beach) with France (Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez). Named for Henry Dunant, it was announced by Google in 2018 and went live in 2020. In July 2018...
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conflicts is addressed by the 1925 Geneva Protocol. The Swiss businessman Henry Dunant went to visit wounded soldiers after the Battle of Solferino in 1859...
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The Henry Dunant Museum is a museum in the Swiss town of Heiden, to preserve the memory and legacy of Henry Dunant, the Founder of the Red Cross Movement...
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serving. The Standing Commission is also responsible for giving out the Henry Dunant Medal (the Movement's highest award) and the Red Cross Red Crescent Prize...
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truly global movement with an international headquarters was led by Henry Dunant, Secretary of YMCA Geneva, who would later go on to found the International...
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in the Swiss village of Heiden, the Henry Dunant Museum was opened to preserve the memory and legacy of Dunant himself. The Geneva Conventions specifies...
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depicted also in a 2006 television drama Henry Dunant: Du rouge sur la croix (English title: "Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross"), which tells the story...
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world in a way that no one, let alone Dunant, could have foreseen nor truly appreciated at the time. To start, Dunant was able to profoundly stir the emotions...
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were officially established in 1666–67. The founder of the Red Cross, Henry Dunant, spent his last years in Heiden. The former president of the ICRC, Jakob...
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Dunant may refer to: Henry Dunant (1828–1910), Swiss businessman, social activist and humanitarian Olivier Dunant, Swiss treasurer Dunant, a submarine...
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Guillaume-Henri Dufour, and he was also a major rival of the founder Henry Dunant. During his record long term of 46 years as president, he did much to...
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Corinne Chaponnière (section Biography of Henry Dunant)
2009, after writing a film script with Claude Goretta on the life of Henry Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross (the film was not made), she published...
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The Nobel Peace Prize was first awarded in 1901 to Frédéric Passy and Henry Dunant, who shared a prize of 150,782 Swedish kronor (equal to 7,731,004 kronor...
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requested to join the "Committee of Five" in order to examine the ideas of Henry Dunant and work towards their possible implementation. He therefore became one...
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superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering (backup). Dunant, Henry; Dunant, Henry; Dunant, Henry (1986). A Memory of Solferino (Repr ed.). Geneva: International...
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1901 Nobel Peace Prize (category Henry Dunant)
Peace Prize 1901 nobelprize.org Henry Dunant – Facts nobelprize.org "Henri Dunant". Encyclopedia Britannica. "Henry Dunant (1828-1910)". icrc.org. 6 April...
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Innocence International Red Cross and Red Crescent: Recipient of the Henry Dunant Medal Codrington, Andrea (29 April 1999). "TALKING DESIGN WITH: Princess...
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white background, the exact reverse of the flag of neutral Switzerland. "Henry Dunant — Biographical". NobelPrize.org. The Nobel Peace Prize 1901. Nobel Foundation...
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Marie Curie, born in Congress Poland, (Russian Empire), Physics, 1903 Henry Dunant, born in the Swiss Confederation, Peace, 1901 Frédéric Passy, Peace,...
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1850s, Creation of the Red Cross Henry Dunant Battle of Solferino A Memory of Solferino Red Cross Movement Geneva Conventions International Humanitarian...
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Henry Dunant, co-founder of the Red Cross...
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care for the wounded and prisoners of war began when relief activist Henry Dunant witnessed the Battle of Solferino in 1859, fought between French-Piedmontese...
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Memorial, erected in 1959, in memory of the founder of the Red Cross Jean Henry Dunant. Piazza Castello, where the Castle of Orazio Gonzaga was erected. Monument...
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Dar al-Taj Palace (section Description by Henry Dunant)
monuments of the Husainid dynasty. Swiss businessman and humanitarian Henry Dunant (1828–1910), who visited Dar al-Taj upon its completion by Mohammed Bey...
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infection on 8 June 2010 at age 79, after several days of hospitalization in Henry Dunant Hospital in Athens. The Producers (1967) - Carmen Ghia Histoires extraordinaires...
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He was the first African to hold this position and was awarded the Henry Dunant Medal, which is the highest World Red Cross award. He was married to...
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