Artist: Sofia Gisberg Courtesy: Jacob van ‘t Hoff Collection, Ms. 74, Special Collections, The Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme (1839-1907) was the son of a French shopkeeper. He wanted to become an engineer, but an eye disease terminated his training at a polytechnic institute. He studied literature, and after a brief and unsuccessful interlude in industry, he took up law, though without much conviction, and worked in a solicitor’s office.…

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Emil Adolf Behring was born on March 15, 1854 at Hansdorf, Deutsch-Eylau as the eldest son of the second marriage of a schoolmaster with a total of 13 children. Since the family could not afford to keep Emil at a University, he entered, in 1874, the well-known Army Medical College at Berlin. This made his…

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Hors d´œuvre Suprême de barbue à la normande Filet de bœuf à l´impériale Gelinottes rôties, salade d´Estrée Succès Grand Hôtel, pâtisserie VINSNiersteiner 1897 Château Abbé Gorsse 1881 Champagne Crème de BouzyDoux et Extra Dry Xerez

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Jean Henry Dunant’s life (May 8, 1828-October 30, 1910) is a study in contrasts. He was born into a wealthy home but died in a hospice; in middle age he juxtaposed great fame with total obscurity, and success in business with bankruptcy; in old age he was virtually exiled from the Genevan society of which…

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