(1828-1910) Swiss philanthropist, originator of the international relief agency the Red Cross. At the Battle of Solferino 1859 he helped tend the wounded, and in Un Souvenir de Solferino 1862 he proposed the establishment of an international body for the aid of the wounded—an idea that was realized in the Geneva Convention 1864. He shared the 1901 Nobel Peace Prize. + prikaži više