21. Jean Henri Dunant - Wikipedia Dunant si può ricondurre alla sanguinosa battaglia di Solferino del 24 giugno 1859 che vide sulla linea del fronte gli http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Henri_Dunant

Jean Henri Dunant Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Nobel per la pace Jean Henri Dunant , pi¹ noto come Henry Dunant 8 maggio 30 ottobre premio Nobel per la pace , ricevette il premio in occasione nel , il primo anno in cui vennero assegnati tali riconoscimenti, per aver fondato la Croce Rossa di cui erano gi  da alcuni anni membri attivi diversi paesi, tra cui anche l' Impero ottomano L'opera di Dunant si pu² ricondurre alla sanguinosa battaglia di Solferino del 24 giugno che vide sulla linea del fronte gli eserciti franco-piemontese e austriaco e che ebbe come risultato 4000 morti e altrettanti feriti. L'esperienza lo segn² profondamente, come si pu² constatare dal suo Un Souvenir de Solf©rino del , tanto da spingerlo alla fondazione della Croce Rossa a Ginevra nel Il nome di Henri Dunant ¨ stato in seguito associato anche alla medaglia (medaglia Henri Dunant appunto) che viene conferita ai membri della Federazione Svizzera dei Samaritani ( ) attivi da pi¹ anni e che rispondono ai criteri sotto elencati. Attivit  di almeno 15 anni in funzione di medico di sezione o dell'associazione, membro di comitato di una sezione samaritani o di un'associazione samaritani, gerente di un posto samaritano permanente o d'un deposito d'oggetti sanitari, monitore samaritano.

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J EAN H ENRI D UNANT 1901 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva Originator of the Geneva Convention (Convention de Genève). Background Residence: Switzerland Book Store Books about the Red Cross Featured Internet Links Search WWW Search The Nobel Prize Internet Archive Links added by Nobel Internet Archive visitors Jean Henri Dunant International Commitee of the Red Cross (submitted by Stefan Divjak International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (submitted by Stefan Divjak The First Nobel Prizes are Awarded (December 10, 1901) (submitted by Bruce Calder Please Click (submitted by D'Artagnan) Hong Kong Red Cross (submitted by Oswald Cruz Roja (Monterrey, Mexico) (submitted by Liza Amaya Henri Dunant - Biography (submitted by Davis Brown) Encyclopedia: Jean Henri Dunant (submitted by Jackson) Durant Henri biography (submitted by Paul) Dunant, Henry (submitted by Robert) Australian Red Cross - Jean Henri Dunant principles (submitted by Rkd) Founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (submitted by angela) Back to The Nobel Prize Internet Archive Literature Peace Chemistry ... Medicine We always welcome your feedback and comments

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Dunant, Jean Henri Jean Henri 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 died in a lonely room, leaving a bitter testament. His passionate humanitarianism was the one constant in his life, and the Red Cross his living monument. The Geneva household into which Henri Dunant was born was religious, humanitarian, and civic-minded. In the first part of his life Dunant engaged quite seriously in religious activities and for a while in full-time work as a representative of the Young Men's Christian Association, traveling in France, Belgium, and Holland. When he was twenty-six, Dunant entered the business world as a representative of the Compagnie genevoise des Colonies de Sétif in North Africa and Sicily. In 1858 he published his first book, Notice sur la Régence de Tunis [An Account of the Regency in Tunis], made up for the most part of travel observations but containing a remarkable chapter, a long one, which he published separately in 1863, entitled L'Esclavage chez les musulmans et aux Etats-Unis d'Amérique [Slavery among the Mohammedans and in the United States of America].

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Entries Publication Data Maps Contributors ... World Civilizations Reader's Companion to Military History Dunant, Jean Henri Swiss Philanthropist and Pacifist Scion of a bourgeois Geneva family, Jean Henri Dunant was horrified by the carnage of nearly forty thousand casualties he witnessed on the battlefield at Solferino, Italy, in 1859. He organized emergency care for wounded French and Austrian troops, to whom he became known as "the man in white." In a memoir published in 1862, he proposed the organization of relief societies in time of peace to care for the wounded in wartime, which led in 1864 to the foundation of the Red Cross and the drafting of the first international code of rules for war, the Geneva Convention. Neglecting his affairs, this tireless pacifist went bankrupt in 1867 campaigning against slavery, against "new and frightful weapons of destruction," and in favor of disarmament, international arbitration, humane treatment for prisoners of war, and the purchase of land in Palestine for the resettlement of Jews—well before the rise of the Zionist movement. Dunant shared the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 with Frédéric Passy, another Swiss. The International Red Cross, staffed by Swiss and functioning as a trusted go-between during armed conflicts, nevertheless engenders a certain amount of cynicism in Switzerland, where, in an allusion to one of the nation's principal arms exporters, it is sometimes wryly referred to as "the Oerlikon-Bürhle after-sales service."

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Henry Dunant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from Jean Henri Dunant Jean Henri Dunant May 8 October 30 ) (often called Henry Dunant or Henri Dunant ) was a Swiss businessman and humanitarian who founded the Red Cross movement. He was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize in (with Fr©d©ric Passy A man deeply religious in the Calvinist tradition and committed to the principle of "Love thy neighbor", Dunant crisscrossed Europe , lecturing on the evils of slavery . While in Italy in , he visited the site of the Battle of Solferino , where he was stunned by the many thousands of wounded soldiers left on the battlefield to die, without receiving even the most basic medical attention that might have saved them. Upon his return to Geneva he wrote Un Souvenir de Solferino (Fr. A Memory of Solferino, published November 8 ), a memoir of his experiences in Italy, in which he advocated the establishment of an international network of volunteer relief agencies. The book won the attention of Switzerland's Federal Council and in , that country sponsored an international conference to discuss ways to implement Dunant's ideas as he expressed them in the Nine Articles . Sixteen countries attended the conference on August 22 and twelve ratified the document, which became the basis for the

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Henry Dunant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jean Henri Dunant May 8 October 30 ) (often called Henry Dunant or Henri Dunant ) was a Swiss businessman and humanitarian who founded the Red Cross movement. He was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize in (with Fr©d©ric Passy A man deeply religious in the Calvinist tradition and committed to the principle of "Love thy neighbor", Dunant crisscrossed Europe , lecturing on the evils of slavery . While in Italy in , he visited the site of the Battle of Solferino , where he was stunned by the many thousands of wounded soldiers left on the battlefield to die, without receiving even the most basic medical attention that might have saved them. Upon his return to Geneva he wrote Un Souvenir de Solferino (Fr. A Memory of Solferino, published November 8 ), a memoir of his experiences in Italy, in which he advocated the establishment of an international network of volunteer relief agencies. The book won the attention of Switzerland's Federal Council and in , that country sponsored an international conference to discuss ways to implement Dunant's ideas as he expressed them in the Nine Articles . Sixteen countries attended the conference on August 22 and twelve ratified the document, which became the basis for the

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MASONIC BIOGRAPHIES FAMOUS FREEMASONS Jean-Henri Dunant American Red Cross Photo May 8, 1828-October 30, 1910 Founder of the Red Cross, a founder of the Young Men's Christian Association, and co-winner of the first Nobel Prize for Peace in 1901, he also worked to bring about the 1864 Geneva Convention. In (1862) he proposed the formation in all countries of voluntary relief societies for the prevention and alleviation of suffering in war and peacetime, without distinction of race or creed. Freemason Source: Denslow Hamill ANTI-MASONRY FAMOUS FREEMASONS ... Grand Lodge Updated: June 9, 2001 freemasonry.bcy.ca biography /dunant_j/dunant_j.html

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Dunant, Henri, Henri Dunant The Granger Collection, New York City in full JEAN-HENRI DUNANT (b. May 8, 1828, Geneva, Switz.d. Oct. 30, 1910, Heiden), Swiss humanitarian, founder of the Red Cross (now Red Cross and Red Crescent), a founder of the World's Young Men's Christian Association, and cowinner of the first Nobel Prize for Peace , in 1901. An eyewitness of the Battle of Solferino (June 24, 1859), which resulted in nearly 40,000 casualties, Dunant organized emergency aid services for the Austrian and French wounded. In (1862), he proposed the formation in all countries of voluntary relief societies for the prevention and alleviation of suffering in war and peacetime, without distinction of race or creed; he also proposed an international agreement covering the war wounded. In 1864, the year he founded the Red Cross, the first national societies and the first Geneva Convention came into being. Having gone bankrupt because he neglected his business affairs, Dunant left Geneva in 1867 and spent most of the rest of his life in poverty and obscurity. He continued to promote interest in the treatment of prisoners of war, the abolition of slavery, international arbitration, disarmament, and the establishment of a Jewish homeland. After he was "rediscovered" by a journalist at Heiden, Switz., in 1895, Dunant received many honours and annuities, including the first Nobel Prize for Peace.

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40. Jean-Henri Dunant And The Red Cross 09.08.03 jeanhenri dunant, whose life John Gehl summarizes here. Swiss humanitarian jean-henri dunant (1828-1910) founded the Red Cross in 1864, http://wais.stanford.edu/Leaders/leaders_Jean-HenriDunant(090803).html

Back to Index Jean-Henri Dunant and the Red Cross The Red Cross is an admirable global organization founded by an admirable individual, Jean-Henri Dunant, whose life John Gehl summarizes here: "Swiss humanitarian Jean-Henri Dunant (1828-1910) founded the Red Cross in 1864, and in 1901 shared the first Nobel Prize for Peace in recognition of his Red Cross work, and for his efforts on behalf of disarmament and international arbitration. Dunant was born into a Geneva family that was religious, humanitarian, and civic-minded. In his early years he participated in religious, full-time work as a representative of the Young Men's Christian Association, traveling in France, Belgium, and Holland. At age twenty-six, he entered the business world as a representative of the Compagnie Genevoise des Colonies de Setif in North Africa and Sicily. In 1858 he published his first book, An Account of the Regency in Tunis, which contained his travel observations and a remarkable chapter (later published separately) on slavery among the Mohammedans and in the United States of America. Having personally witnessed the 1859 Battle of Solferino, which resulted in nearly 40,000 casualties, he was so disturbed by the lack of care for the wounded that he acted to organize emergency aid services for the Austrian and French wounded. In 1862 Dunant published "

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