Henry Dunant

Jean Henri Dunant was a Swiss businessman and social activist.  A book he wrote influenced the International Committee of the Red Cross to be formed in 1863.Our History the founder of International Committee of the red cross,  The 1864 Geneva Convention was based on Dunant's ideas. In 1901 he received the first Nobel Peace Prize together with Frédéric Passy.Henry Dunant, The Nobel Prize

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Category:1828 births
Category:1910 deaths
Category:Nobel Peace Prize winners
Category:People from Geneva
Category:Swiss businesspeople
Category:Swiss Nobel Prize winners