Johan Hendrik Christiaan Basting, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johan Hendrik Christiaan Basting

Dutch surgeon and military personnel

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1817

Place of Birth: Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 24-Sep-1870

Profession: military personnel, surgeon

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Johan Hendrik Christiaan Basting (20 September 1817 – 24 September 1870) was a Dutch army surgeon and friend of Red Cross founder Henri Dunant.
He played an important role during the establishment in 1863 of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and from that year on he was an advocate for the establishment of a national voluntary aid organization in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Red Cross established in 1867.

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