Henry Dunant, the founder of the International Red Cross, was the very first person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Dunant was a passionate humanitarian but failed in his business affairs - people who had invested in his projects lost their money. This made him so unpopular that in 1867 he resigned as Secretary of the Red Cross (ICRC) and left Geneva, never to return.
More than 20 years later, Dunant was found in a small Swiss village. For many years he had lived as a beggar and slept outdoors. After being 'rediscovered', he received various prizes and awards, including the very first Nobel Peace Prize.
When he died in 1910, Dunant was buried without any ceremony in accordance with his wishes. He had not spent any of the Nobel Prize money he had received and left most of it to charities.
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