Henri Dunant killed at Solferino 1859

So, WI Dunant had been accidentally killed by a piece of shrapnel or a stray bullet at Solferino ? Without him around, would some version of the ICRC still have been founded in an effort to moderate the effects of war & to facilitate the modern IHL movement ?
 
He helped inspire the movement with his book, and he was honored by being considered a founding member of the ICRC. True, others did similar things (like Clara Barton), but Dunant helped bring people together to do it. It might take a while longer for both the equivalent of the Red Cross and the equivalent of the Geneva Conventions...
 
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