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Guillaume Henri Dufour

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Swiss army officer, bridge engineer and topographer (1787-1875)

FranceScientistsLived 1787 to 1875 · aged 87
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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.

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Daguerreotype of general G.H. Dufour, c. 1848Daguerreotype of general G.H. Dufour, c. 1848Saint Antoine Bridge as pictured by Drewry, 1832Saint Antoine Bridge as pictured by Drewry, 1832Equestrian statue (1884) by Alfred Lanz, at Place Neuve, GenevaEquestrian statue (1884) by Alfred Lanz, at Place Neuve, Geneva20 francs note (1956)20 francs note (1956)

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1866Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Scientists from France 6

Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes53.3Jean-Antoine Chaptal53.1Charles Frédéric Gerhardt53.3Jean Picard53.1Hélène Langevin-Joliot53.4Abraham-Louis Breguet53.1

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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.

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Lived 1787 to 1875 · aged 87
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