# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guillaume-henri-dufour
# Generated: 2026-08-15T16:28:45.581Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/guillaume-henri-dufour"
name: "Guillaume Henri Dufour"
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description: "Guillaume Henri Dufour was a Swiss military officer, structural engineer and topographer. He served under Napoleon I and held the Swiss office of General four times in his career, firstly in 1847 when he led the Swiss Confederation forces to victory against the Sonderbund. In 1864 Dufour presided over the First Geneva Convention which established the International Red Cross. He was founder and president of the Swiss Federal Office of Topography."
tagline: "Swiss army officer, bridge engineer and topographer (1787-1875)"
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birthDate: "1787-09-15"
deathDate: "1875-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump