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Pierre-Louis Dunant 1834-1918
Mathilde Colladon 1838-1918 Jeanne Brocher 1873
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Fratrie
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Neveu et exécuteur testamentaire d’Henry Dunant, membre du Comité directeur de la Croix-Rouge suisse et président de la Société genevoise d’Utilité publique. Il prit l’initiative de présenter la candidature du CICR, pour le rôle qu’il avait joué dans la création et dans le fonctionnement de l’Agence centrale des prisonniers de guerre.
En 1910, Maurice avait hérité de tous les livres, lettres et carnets d'Henry Dunant. Plus tard, ces documents passèrent à la Bibliothèque Universitaire de Genève où ils furent oubliés pendant plus de 60 ans.
The autobiographical writings of Henry Dunant remained hidden for years in the Dunant family granary, after Maurice, his nephew, had inherited the innumerable note-books which filled his uncle's hospital room at Heiden. These books were subsequently put away in the stores of the Public Library at the University of Geneva and forgotten about.In the 1970's the Institut Henry Dunant, wishing to compile a'bibliography' of the founder of the Red Cross, engaged someone to search for all the documents published by H. Dunant. It was in these circumstances that, at the bottom of three boxes full of publications, 102 note-books were found, containing notes and details related to various works, together with notes, citations and references collected by Dunant with the obvious intention of writing his Memoires.
Photos: Vaucher Dunant Album (1800-1940)
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