| Swiss Businesspeople: Henry Dunant, Marc Rich, Behgjet Pacolli, Thomas Ammann, Felix Abt, Antoni Patek, Marc Faber, Christoph Blocher, Leon Contributor(s): Source Wikipedia (Author), Books, LLC (Editor), Books, LLC (Created by) |
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ISBN: 1156633109 ISBN-13: 9781156633106 Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series OUR PRICE: $16.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Henry Dunant, Marc Rich, Behgjet Pacolli, Thomas Ammann, Felix Abt, Antoni Patek, Marc Faber, Christoph Blocher, Leon Gallet, Markus Liebherr, Branco Weiss, Robert Louis-Dreyfus, Hansjorg Wyss, Urs Felber, Rodolphe Hottinger, Sonja Buholzer, Jurg Marquard, Eliana Benador, Stephan Schmidheiny, Urs Schwarzenbach, Peter Wuffli, Baron Jean-Conrad Hottinguer, Philippe Suchard, Klaus Schwab, Franciszek Czapek, Charles-Henri Sabet, Walter Haefner, Peter Monteverdi, Benjamin de Rothschild, Robert L. Genillard, Rolf Dobelli, Carl Franz Bally, Jacqui Safra, Marcel Rohner, Carl Adolf Seebold, Jerker Johansson, Raoul Weil, Daniel Borel, Luca Vidi, Markus U. Diethelm, Peter Kurer, Andre Kudelski, Reto Wittwer, Marcel Ospel, Walter Stuerzinger, Robert Boehringer, Alfredo Lardelli, Adrien Philippe, Andreas Stihl, Evan Zimmermann, Hans Leutenegger, Felix Zulauf, Gottlieb Duttweiler, Daniel Peter, Ulrich Korner, Nicolas Perrin, Adolf Guyer-Zeller, Yvan Arpa, Thomas Schmidheiny, Erwin Meister, Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown, Wincenty Gostkowski, Philippe Foriel-Destezet, Fabio Cavalli, Raphael Martinetti, Frank A. Meyer, Joseph Reiser, Andre Borschberg. Excerpt: Jean Henri Dunant (May 8, 1828 - October 30, 1910), aka Henry Dunant, was a Swiss businessman and social activist. During a business trip in 1859, he was witness to the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in modern day Italy. He recorded his memories and experiences in the book A Memory of Solferino which inspired the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1863. The 1864 Geneva Convention was based on Dunant's ideas. In 1901 he received the first Nobel Peace Prize together with Frederic Passy. Dunant was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the first son of businessman Jean-Jacques Dunant and Antoinette Dunant-Colladon. His family was devoutly... |
