Jean Henry Dunant was born in Geneva (Switzerland) on May 8, 1828 was a Swiss businessman, philanthropist and activist for the cause of humanity, whose work was recognized internationally with the first Nobel Peace Prize together with Frédéric Passy in 1901. Dunant witnessed during a business trip in 1859, in the after math of the Battle of Solferino in Italy, the impact of which led him to write his memoirs and experiences in the book A Memory of Solferino which called for the creation of a corps of volunteers to help the war wounded.
This request served later to the founding of the International Red Cross. In 1864, the Geneva Convention was adopted on the basisof some of the tenets of Dunant humanitarians.
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