Henry Dunant

Henri Dunant
Henri Dunant
Born	Jean Henri Dunant (1828-05-08)May 8, 1828 Geneva, Switzerland
Died	October 30, 1910(1910-10-30) (aged 82) Heiden, Switzerland
Resting place	Switzerland
Citizenship	Swiss
Occupation(s)	Social activist, Businessman, Writer
Known for	Founder of the Red Cross
Children	Daughter
Parent(s)	Jean-Jacques Dunant Antoinette Dunant-Colladon
Awards	Nobel Peace Prize (1901)

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.^[1] The 1864 Geneva Convention was based on Dunant's ideas. In 1901 he received the first Nobel Peace Prize together with Frédéric Passy.^[2][3]

1. ↑ Our History the founder of International Committee of the red cross,
2. ↑ 1914-2010., Abrams, Irwin (2012). The Nobel Peace Prize and the Laureates : an illustrated biographical history, 1901-2001. Science History Pubns. ISBN 978-0-88135-457-7. OCLC 783157728. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. ↑ Henry Dunant, The Nobel Prize

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