Talk:Henry Dunant
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[edit] German Wikipedia
This article was largely updated by a translation from the German Wikipedia. Tfine80 00:24, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Dunant and Free Masonry
According to this excerpt from an German article published in a Swiss Freemasonry magazine, there are no documents to prove that Dunant had any relationship with free masonry. The relevant German statement is:
- ...In dieser Nummer bringen wir zudem ein Portrait von Henry Dunant, das ein Basler Bruder verfasst hat. Auch er glaubt, dass Dunant kein Freimaurer war. Wir haben keine Dokumente gefunden, die Henry Dunant eindeutig als Freimaurer bezeichnen.'
- Translation: ... In this edition, we also publish an article about Henry Dunant written by a brother mason from Basle. He too believes that Dunant was not a Free Mason. We have found no documents which name Dunant as a Free Mason.
I've therefore removed the respective category from the article until reliable AND specific information about Dunants connections with free masonry are brought forward here. --Uwe 22:22, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Biography assessment rating comment
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. --KenWalker | Talk 00:39, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- Went through that list other than Peer Review. Maybe this should be looked at as a GA? --KenWalker | Talk 00:58, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] refs
The article is detailed as to HD's life, yet there are no specific citations from the sources listed. This bothers me because I have a very short biography of the man that seems to be at odds with what our article says. Admittedly, the short biography is not an authoritative source, but its timeline should be considered. I can't quote very much with-out copyright infringement, but a major contradictiton is that it claims that HD lived in "Room 12" in Heiden for 18 yrs. after living in a town in Switzerland until 1890. It also says that his resurrection was due to a journalist's publicity. The short biography is in a school reader: "How Did the Red Cross Start," What a World 1, by Milada Broukal, p. 90. Kdammers (talk) 04:33, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
- I don't care about the English Wikipedia any longer but I will make an exception because this article is based on a translation of an older version of the respective German article for which I'm the main author. To make it short: room 12 was simply the number of the small room where he lived in the Heiden infirmary (which served both as a hospital and a nursing home). As the articles says, Dunant came to Heiden for the first time in 1881 and settled there in 1887. In 1890, the owners sold the guesthouse where he lived so he moved to the nearby village of Trogen. From there, he moved back to Heiden in April 1892 because he did not feel comfortable with his life in Trogen. From April 1892 until his death, he lived in the infirmary in Heiden (in room number 12).
- What is missing from the English article is the period in Trogen from the end of 1890 until April 1892. On the other hand, this period of his life is not mentioned explicitely in every biographical sketch of Dunants life because it's rather short (one year and a couple of months), because it was uneventful and because Trogen was so close to Heiden (both villages belong to the small Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden) that it didn't make much difference. I don't see any contradiction with the information which you cite from the biography because the final period of his life in Heiden indeed lasted for 18 years (1892-1910). His resurrection was due to an article written in 1895 by journalist Georg Baumberger, just like the article says. The book by Willy Heudtlass as given in the references section is a 250+ pages volume and the most in-depth and authoritative source regarding the biography of Dunant. Heudtlass was the first person to be able research private letter archives of Rudolf Müller and Hans Daae, two of only very few people whom Dunant trusted in his late life. So I trust the work of Heudtlass over some school reader any time, and twice on sunday. Unfortunately for the English Wikipedia (and for you), Heudtlass is a German author. --Uwe (talk) 13:23, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
