Editing Henry Dunant (section)

== Death and legacy ==

Among several other awards in the following years, in 1903 Dunant was given an honorary doctorate by the medical faculty of the [[University of Heidelberg]]. He lived in the nursing home in Heiden until his death. In the final years of his life, he suffered from depression and [[paranoia]] about pursuit by his creditors and Moynier. There were even days when Dunant insisted that the cook of the nursing home first taste his food before his eyes to protect him against possible poisoning. In his final years, he spurned and attacked Calvinism and [[organized religion]] generally. He was said to be agnostic.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Unleashing of Evolutionary Thought |date=2007 |publisher=Vantage Press, Inc |isbn=978-0533155972 |author=Oscar Riddle |page=343 |quote=The first Nobel Peace Prize went, in 1901, to Henri Dunant. Dunant was the founder of the Red Cross, but he could not become its first elective head–so it is widely believed–because of his agnostic views.}}</ref>

According to his nurses, the final act of his life was to send a copy of Müller's book to the Italian queen with a personal dedication. He died on 30 October 1910, and his final words were "Where has humanity gone?"

According to his wishes, he was buried without ceremony in the [[Sihlfeld]] Cemetery in [[Zürich]]. In his will, he donated funds to secure a "free bed" in the Heiden nursing home always to be available for a poor citizen of the region and deeded some money to friends and charitable organizations in Norway and Switzerland. The remaining funds went to his creditors partially relieving his debt; his inability to fully erase his debts was a major burden to him until his death.

{| style="margin:auto
| [[File:Grab Henry Dunant02.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Grave of Henry Dunant]]
| [[File:Jean Henri Dunant Monument.jpg|thumb|upright|Henry Dunant Monument in [[Wagga Wagga]], Australia]]
|}
His birthday, 8 May, is celebrated as the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. The former nursing home in Heiden now houses the [[Henry Dunant Museum]]. In Geneva and other places there are numerous streets, squares, and schools named after him. The [[Henry Dunant Medal]], awarded every two years by the standing commission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is its highest decoration.

{| style="margin:auto
| [[File:Swiss 20 Fr, Henri Dunant, 2010 mintage.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1|Swiss [[Coins of the Swiss franc|20 franc]] coin memorializing the 100th anniversary of Dunant's death]]
| [[File:Belgium, semi-postal, henri Dunant, 1939 issue.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Henri Dunant was honoured on a Belgium [[semi-postal]] stamp in 1939, which helped to provide funding to the Red Cross]]
|}
His life is represented, with some fictional elements, in the film ''[[D'homme à hommes]]'' (1948), starring [[Jean-Louis Barrault]], and the period of his life when the Red Cross was founded in the international film coproduction ''Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross'' (2006). In 2010 the [[Takarazuka Revue]] staged a musical based on his time in Solferino and the founding of the Red Cross entitled ''Dawn at Solferino, or Where has Humanity Gone?''.
* In honour of Henry Dunant, the second highest peak in Switzerland was renamed from {{lang|de|Ostspitze}} to {{lang|de|[[Dunantspitze]]}} (Peak Dunant<ref>{{cite map |publisher=Swiss Federal Office of Topography, swisstopo |title=Dunantspitze |map=National Map 1:25 000 |map-url=http://www.toposhop.admin.ch/en/shop/products/maps/national/n25 |date=23 July 2014 |url=http://map.geo.admin.ch/?topic=ech&lang=en&X=87338.00&Y=633295.00&zoom=9&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&crosshair=bowl |scale=1:25'000 |series="National Map 1:25 000: 247 sheets and 17 composites" |section="1348 Zermatt" |location=Bern |isbn=978-3-302-01348-0 |access-date=7 October 2014}}</ref>) by Swiss Federal President Didier Burkhalter on 6 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/recent/media/single.html?id=54725 |title=Der Schönste Berg der Schweiz |trans-title=The most beautiful mountain of Switzerland |author=Didier Burkhalter |author-link=Didier Burkhalter |publisher=Swiss Federal Department for Foreign Affairs |date=6 October 2014 |type=presidential speech |location=Bern |language=de |access-date=7 October 2014}}</ref>
* Henry Dunant Hospital is a general hospital in [[Athens]], Greece.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dunant.gr|title=Ερρίκος Ντυνάν Hospital Center {{!}} Ερρίκος Ντυνάν|website=dunant.gr|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref>
* The road where the headquarters of the [[Thai Red Cross Society]] is located is named Henri Dunant Road.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/346253/where-the-streets-have-strange-names|title=Where the streets have strange names|last=Biggs|first=Andrew|date=21 April 2013|work=Bangkok Post|access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref>
* In 2020 a submarine internet cable named ''[[Dunant (submarine communications cable)|Dunant]]'' was laid between [[Virginia Beach]], (United States) and [[Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez]], (France) financed by two private firms<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2020/07/30/google-a-commence-a-deployer-un-nouveau-cable-internet-transatlantique_6047718_4408996.html|title=Google a commencé à déployer un nouveau câble Internet transatlantique|newspaper=Le Monde.fr |date=30 July 2020|via=Le Monde}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.01net.com/actualites/google-va-construire-un-nouveau-cable-sous-marin-entre-les-etats-unis-et-l-europe-1955230.html|title=Google va construire un nouveau câble sous-marin entre les États-Unis et l'Europe|date=29 July 2020|website=01net.com}}</ref>