Henry Dunant

Also known as Jean Henri Dunant, Jean Henry Dunant, J. Henry Dunant, Errikos D̲ynan, Anrī Dyunan, Jean-Henri Dunant, Sodabeh Dunant, Henri Dunant

Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross (1828-1910)

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Henry Dunant was a male person born on May 8, 1828, and died on October 30, 1910. He was buried or cremated on November 2, 1910. Dunant is associated with the United Kingdom and is listed under the genres of baroque, british, british composer, classical, and composer. He is recognized in the Nobel Peace collection.

His notable works include *La charité internationale sur les champs de bataille*, *Erinnerung an Solferino*, *Un souvenir de Solférino*, *Eine Erinnerung an Solferino*, and *Convention de Genève*. He received one Nobel Prize. A quote attributed to him is, "By Thy power, let there be peace, O God!" He is referenced by 656 other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1828
Died: 1910
Works: 31

Top works

La charité internationale sur les champs de bataille
Erinnerung an Solferino
Un souvenir de Solférino
Eine Erinnerung an Solferino
Convention de Genève

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1659-09-10
Active to: 1695-11-21

baroquebritishbritish composerclassicalcomposerenglish

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 2
Total plays: 10

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 20,404x
The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis
· 1998 · cited 19,781x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,938x
ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
· 2016 · cited 15,406x
Nonparametric Tests Against Trend
· 1945 · cited 14,269x

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Quotes

“By Thy power, let there be peace, O God!”
“I was a mere tourist with no part whatever in this great conflict; but it was my rare privilege, through an unusual train of circumstances, to witness the moving scenes that I have resolved to describe. In these pages I give only my personal impressions; so my readers should not look here for specific details, nor for information on strategic matters; these things have their place in other writings.”
“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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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize1901
“for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding”
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Encyclopedic overview

Henry Dunant ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi dynɑ̃]; 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.

Dunant was born in Geneva to a devout Calvinist family and had business interests in French Algeria and Tunisia. In 1859, while on his way to petition Napoleon III, he witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy. Horrified by the suffering of the wounded and the lack of care they received, Dunant took the initiative to organize the local population in providing aid for the soldiers. After returning to Geneva, he recorded his experiences in the book A Memory of Solferino, in which he advocated the formation of an organization that would provide relief for the wounded without discrimination in times of war. In February 1863, Dunant was a member of a five-person committee that sought to put his plan into action, which in effect founded the organization that would become the International Committee of the Red Cross. A year later, he took part in a diplomatic conference organized by the Swiss government that led to the signing of the First Geneva Convention.

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