Jean Henri Dunant

Standard Name: Dunant, Jean Henri

Used Form: Henry Dunant

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24 June 1859

The battle of Solferino was fought: journalist Jean Henri Dunant documented the agonies of wounded soldiers left to die on the battlefield, and set out to prevent such suffering for the future.

Waal, Alex de. “Dangers of Discretion”. London Review of Books, 21 Jan. 1999, pp. 27-9.

1862

Jean Henri Dunant published and distributed A Memory of Solferino, which led to the birth of the Red Cross .

Hutchinson, John F. Champions of Charity: War and the Rise of the Red Cross. Westview Press, 1996.

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Rothkopf, Carol Zeman. Jean Henri Dunant, Father of the Red Cross. Watts, 1969.

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22 August 1864

The Geneva Convention adopted the charter of the International Red Cross .

International Committee of the Red Cross: History of Organization. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1917/red-cross-history.html.

Rothkopf, Carol Zeman. Jean Henri Dunant, Father of the Red Cross. Watts, 1969.

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