Swiss soldier, engineer, and topographer (1787–1875)
Guillaume Henri Dufour
Portrait of Dufour by his daughter Anne Octavie L'Hardy Dufour (1818-1891), after 1840
Born
(1787-09-15)15 September 1787 Konstanz, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany)
Died
14 July 1875(1875-07-14) (aged 87) Geneva, Switzerland
Allegiance
France (1811–1817) Switzerland (1817–1875)
Service/branch
French Army Swiss Army
Years of service
1811–1875
Rank
Captain (France) General (Switzerland)
Commands held
Swiss Army Federal Office of Topography
Battles/wars
Napoleonic Wars Sonderbund War
Awards
Légion d'Honneur
Other work
Professor of mathematics, cartographer, founding committee of the International Red Cross
Signature
Guillaume Henri Dufour (French pronunciation:[ɡijomɑ̃ʁidyfuʁ]; 15 September 1787 – 14 July 1875) 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 (1838 to 1865) of the Swiss Federal Office of Topography.
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GuillaumeHenriDufour (French pronunciation: [ɡijom ɑ̃ʁi dyfuʁ]; 15 September 1787 – 14 July 1875) was a Swiss military officer, structural engineer and...
unconstitutional (October 1847) and ordered it dissolved by force, General GuillaumeHenriDufour led the federal army of 100,000 and defeated the Sonderbund forces...
Zermatt. Its main summit, named Dufourspitze in honor of the surveyor Guillaume-HenriDufour and wholly located in Switzerland, culminates at 4,634 m (15,203 ft)...
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(1765–1846) a Catholic theologian, orientalist and biblical scholar. GuillaumeHenriDufour (1787–1875) a Swiss military officer, structural engineer and topographer...
After the joining of the canton of Geneva to Switzerland in 1815, GuillaumeHenriDufour published the first official Swiss map, for which the metre was...
canton of Aargau introduced the flag for its troops in 1833. General Guillaume-HenriDufour proposed use of the flag for all federal forces in 1839. The Tagsatzung...
which date from the last ice age. This rock was chosen by General GuillaumeHenriDufour as the reference point for surveying in Switzerland. The second...
Swiss Federal Council (1861–1872). Along with Gustave Moynier and Guillaume-HenriDufour, he founded the Swiss Red Cross in July 1866, and served as its...
Sonderbund War, which thanks to the thoughtful campaign by General Guillaume-HenriDufour resulted in fewer than a hundred casualties on both sides. After...
1 October 1956 1 May 1980 1 May 2000 20 francs 155 × 85 mm Blue Guillaume-HenriDufour Thistle 29 March 1956 50 francs 173 × 95 mm Green Head of a girl...
underspanned suspension bridges have been built. Examples include GuillaumeHenriDufour's Pont des Bergues (1834); and James Smith’s Micklewood Bridge. Similar...
PMID 25750153 Peters, Tom F. (1987). Transitions in Engineering: GuillaumeHenriDufour and the Early 19th Century Cable Suspension Bridges. Birkhauser...
eventually settling in Bern. He created many busts, including one of Guillaume-HenriDufour (1847) and one of Friedrich Frey-Herosé (about 1848). Among his...
artillery until the arrival of gunpowder. In the mid-19th century, GuillaumeHenriDufour adjusted this framework by arguing that onagers went out of use...
wire cable suspension bridge, Pont Saint Antoine in Geneva, by GuillaumeHenriDufour, of two 40 m spans. First cast iron framed greenhouse erected at...
them, but also after distinguished Swiss personalities, such as Guillaume-HenriDufour, Henry Dunant and Louis Agassiz. Most of the listed mountains are...
the next two years. Peters, Tom F., "Transitions in Engineering: GuillaumeHenriDufour and the Early 19th Century Cable Suspension Bridges", Birkhauser...
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