Johann Jacob Wehrli – Swiss Teacher, Director of School for the Poor at Hofwil
Johann Jacob Wehrli (1790 Thurgau – 1855 Andwil) Famous socially engaged Swiss teacher who served as the director of the
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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi – Woodblock Print by Leopold Waechtler
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi surrounded by Children Two color woodblock engraving of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi by the German artist Leopold Wächtler (1896
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Albert Gallatin – The Genevan Who Became A Famous American Statesman
Portrait of Albert Gallatin, the Genevan Who Became the Longest Serving Secretary of the Treasury in U.S. History.
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Guillaume-Henri Dufour (General Dufour) – First President of the ICRC
Guillaume-Henri Dufour (September 15, 1787 – July 14, 1875) Famous Swiss General and topographer who after serving as the head
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Portrait of Johannes Schulthess, Zurich Theologian and Publisher
Portrait of Johannes Schulthess Theologian and Publisher (1744-1810) Lithograph Texts: ” Dem Verfechter des Lichts, Johannes Schulthess Dr. Theol. –
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Portrait of Leonhard Holzhalf (1553-1617) Zurich Buergermeister and Businessman
1679 Portrait of Leonhard Holzhalb by Conrad Meyer Original Copperplate Engraving Leonhard Holzhalb (1553-1617) was a Zürich Businessman who became
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