The Committee of Five -- that became the International Committee of the Red Cross -- brought together in the early 1860s five talented men:

• Henry Dunant, the visionary.
• Gustave Moynier, the organiser.
• Doctor Louis Appia, with experience of war surgery.
• Doctor Theodore Maunoir, also with experience of war surgery.
• General Henri Dufour, who had commanded Swiss troops.

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