DUFOUR, GUILLAUME HENRI

gēyōmˈ äNrēˈ düfoorˈ, 1787–1875, Swiss general. He served in the French army under Napoleon I, and in 1847 he led the Swiss federal forces to victory against the Sonderbund. A noted cartographer, he was also the author of several military treatises and histories. Dufour presided over the first Geneva Convention, which established (1864) the International Red Cross.

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books on: Dufour Guillaume Henri  - 205 results

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A Very Civil War: The Swiss Sonderbund War of 1847
Book by Joachim Remak; Westview, 1993
Subjects: Dufour, Guillaume-Henri--1787-1875--Military leadership, Fribourg (Switzerland : Canton)--History, Switzerland--Church history--19th century, Switzerland--History--Sonderbund, 1845-1847
...Sonderbund, 1845-1847. 2. Dufour, Guillaume-Henri, 1787-1875 -- Military leadership...6. Reluctant General: Guillaume Henri Dufour 75 Guillaume Henri Dufour: Background and Youth...
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Henri Matisse: A Bio-Bibliography
Book by Russell T. Clement; Greenwood Press, 1993
Subjects: Matisse, Henri--1869-1954--Bibliography
...Neo-Impressionist painter, Henri-Edmond Cross, lives nearby...Les Demoiselles dAvignon . Guillaume Apollinaire publishes an article...retrospective, "Une Exposition de Henri Matisse," reprinted in Etudes...Matisses development by Guillaume Apollinaire, one of Frances...
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The inside of History: Jean Henri Merle D'Aubigne and Romantic Historiography
Book by John B. Roney; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Evangelicalism, Merle d'Aubigne, J. H--(Jean Henri)--1794-1872, Romanticism
...Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, Cours...AND WORK OF JEAN HENRI MERLE DAUBIGNE 2...dAubigne. 10 Jean Henri had two siblings...older brother, Marc-Guillaume 1789-1868 , who...the time, le Guillaume Tell . Because...to prepare Jean Henri for that vocation...
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Victims, Authority, and Terror: The Parallel Deaths of d'orlaeans, Custine, Bailly, and Malesherbes
Book by George Armstrong Kelly; University of North Carolina Press, 1982
Subjects: Bailly, Jean Sylvain--1736-1793, Custine, Adam Philippe--comte de--1740-1793, France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Biography, France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Causes, Malesherbes, Chretien Guillaume de Lamoignon de--1721-1794, Orleans, Louis Philippe Joseph--duc d'--1747-1793
...Voltaires words: "Of all the descendants of Henri IV, Philippe dOrleans was the one who...incomparably more winsome, were still those of Henri IV." 7 DOrleanss ambition led him into...sang : he was descended directly from Henri IV, the founder of the Bourbon line. All...
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The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry
Book by Henri F. Ellenberger; Basic Books, 1970
Subjects: Psychiatry--History, Psychoanalysis--History
...AND EVOLUTION OF DYNAMIC PSYCHIATRY Henri F. Ellenberger BasicBooks A Member of the Perseus Books Group Copyright 1970 by Henri F. Ellenberger Library of Congress Catalog...Ludwig Binswanger, Dr. Oscar Diethelm, Dr. Henri Flournoy, Dr. Eugene Minkowski, Dr...
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journal articles on: Dufour Guillaume Henri  - 5 results

 
 
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Death and the Cardinal: The Two Bodies of Guillaume d'Estouteville [*]
Journal article by Meredith J. Gill; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2001
Subjects: Burial--Rites and ceremonies, Cardinals--Conduct of life, Rites and ceremonies--Planning, d'Estouteville, Guillaume--Conduct of life
...Darricau, R. 1975. "DEstouteville, Guillaume." Dictionnaire de Biographie...Gewolbebasiliken. Munich. Denifle, Henri. 1965. La Desolation des Eglises...Anna. 1993. "DEstouteville, Guillaume." Dizionario Biografico degli...Quatre Documents Relatifs a Guillaume dEstouteville." Melanges dArcheologies...
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Not Only a Matter of Taste but . . . of the Laws of Mechanics': The Adoption of British Models in Nineteenth-Century Continental Suspension Bridge Design
Journal article by Michael Mende; Journal of Design History, Vol. 6, 1993
Subjects: Design--History
...Swiss military engineer Guillaume Henri Dufour from Geneva. 40 Both...its report to the book by Guillaume Henri Dufour on his cable suspension...Transitions in Engineering: Guillaume Henri Dufour and the Early 19th Century...
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Une Pratique De la Circulation : La Guide Des Chemins De France De Charles Estienne
Journal article by Cynthia Skenazi; The Romanic Review, Vol. 94, 2003
Subjects: French literature--Research, Railroads--History
...Relation du siege de Paris", ed. A. Dufour, Memoires de la Societe de lHistoire de...pisciculture sinspire des considerations de Guillaume Rondelet. (26.) Charles Estienne, LAgriculture...botanique, de medecine, de sciences. (30.) Henri Estienne, Precellence du langage francois...
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Reviewed Elsewhere
Journal article; Biography, Vol. 28, 2005
Subjects: All Under Heaven: The Story of a Chinese Family in South Africa (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, L'Abbe Alary (1690-1770): Un homme d'influence au XVIIIe siecle (Book)--Book reviews, The Moon Can Wait (Book)--Book reviews
...help of precious godfathers such as Louis Dufour and the brothers Dangeau, he managed to...through the letters that she wrote to Guillaume Lejean. The third part is "organized around...George Sand la somnambule. Hortense Dufour. Paris: Jai lu, 2004. 630 pp. EUR8,50...
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French E-Managers: A Generation in the Making
Journal article by Mette Zolner; French Politics, Culture and Society, Vol. 20, 2002
Subjects: Business--Ethical aspects, Business--Management, Business--Social aspects, E-commerce--Ethical aspects, E-commerce--Evaluation, E-commerce--Management, Electronic commerce--Ethical aspects, Electronic commerce--Evaluation, Electronic commerce--Management, French culture, Globalization--Evaluation, Globalization--Social aspects, Industry--Social aspects, Managers, Social economics--Models, Socioeconomics--Models
...1999); Jose Bove and Francois Dufour, LeMonde nestpas une marchandise...51-78; Ezra Suleiman and Guillaume Courty, LAge dor de lEtat...politique (Paris: Seuil, 1999) and Henri Weber, Le Parti des patrons...I refer in particular to Henri Webers analysis of the French...


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encyclopedia articles on: Dufour Guillaume Henri  - 2 results

 
 
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Dufour, Guillaume Henri
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
DUFOUR, GUILLAUME HENRI geyom aNre dufoor , 1787 1875, Swiss general. He served in the...he was also the author of several military treatises and histories. Dufour presided over the first Geneva Convention, which established (1864...
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Sonderbund
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...majority in the federal diet declared the Sonderbund dissolved (1847) and shortly afterward sent an army, under Gen. Guillaume Henri Dufour, against the separatist forces. Lord Palmerston, the British foreign minister, helped prevent foreign intervention...


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