2011, ISBN: 1156633109

[EAN: 9781156633106], Neubuch, [PU: Reference Series Books Llc Nov 2011], SOCIAL SCIENCE / PHILANTHROPY & CHARITY, This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware - Source… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781156633106], Neubuch, [PU: Reference Series Books Llc Nov 2011], SOCIAL SCIENCE / PHILANTHROPY & CHARITY, This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware - Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Chapters: Henry Dunant, Marc Rich, Behgjet Pacolli, Thomas Ammann, Felix Abt, Antoni Patek, Marc Faber, Christoph Blocher, Léon Gallet, Markus Liebherr, Branco Weiss, Robert Louis-Dreyfus, Hansjörg Wyss, Urs Felber, Rodolphe Hottinger, Sonja Buholzer, Jürg 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, André 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 Körner, Nicolas Perrin, Adolf Guyer-Zeller, Yvan Arpa, Thomas Schmidheiny, Erwin Meister, Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown, Wincenty Gostkowski, Philippe Foriel-Destezet, Fabio Cavalli, Raphaël Martinetti, Frank A. Meyer, Joseph Reiser, André 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 Frédéric Passy. Dunant was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the first son of businessman Jean-Jacques Dunant and Antoinette Dunant-Colladon. His family was devoutly Calvinist and had significant influence in Geneva society. His parents stressed the value of social work, and his father was active helping orphans and parolees, while his mother worked with the sick and poor. Dunant grew up during the period of religious awakening known as the Réveil, and at age 18 he joined the Geneva Society for Alms giving. In the following year, together with friends, he founded the so-called 'Thursday Association', a loose band of young men that met to study the Bible and help the poor, and he spent much of his free time engaged in prison visits and social work. On November 30, 1852, he founded the Geneva chapter of the YMCA and three years later he took part in the Paris meeting devoted to the founding of its international organization. In 1849, at age 21, Dunant was forced to leave the Collège Calvin because of bad grades, and he began an apprenticeship with the money-changing firm Lullin et Sautter. After its successful conclusion, he remained as an employee of the bank. Henri Dunant, around 1860.In 1853, Dunant visited Algeria, Tunisia, and Sicily, on assignment with a company devoted to the 'colonies of Setif' (Compagnie genevoise des Colonies de Sétif). Despite little experience, he successfully fulfilled the assignment. Inspired by the trip, he wrote his first book with the ti 48 pp. Englisch<

2011, ISBN: 1156633109

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2011, ISBN: 1156633109

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2011, ISBN: 1156633109

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2011, ISBN: 1156633109

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