Louis Schittly

Louis Schittly
Schittly in 2018
Born
Louis Henri Marie Schittly

(1938-07-07)7 July 1938
Died1 January 2025(2025-01-01) (aged 86)
Mulhouse, France
OccupationPhysician
Known forCofounder of Médecins Sans Frontières
AwardsKnight of the Legion of Honour
Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Louis Schittly (7 July 1938 – 1 January 2025) was a French physician and humanitarian. He was one of the founders of Médecins Sans Frontières. Schittly died on 1 January 2025 in Mulhouse at the age of 86.[1][2]

During his career, Schittly worked in Biafra, Ivory Coast, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Mali, Serbia and South Sudan.[3]

  1. ^ "Louis Schittly, « médecin-paysan » sundgauvien, cofondateur de médecin sans frontières, est décédé" [Louis Schittly, Sundgauvian “farmer doctor” and co-founder of Doctors Without Borders, has died]. L'Alsace (in French). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Louis Schittly, cofondateur de Médecins sans frontière et prix Nobel de la paix, est mort à 86 ans" [Louis Schittly, co-founder of Doctors Without Borders and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 86]. Libération (in French). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  3. ^ Louis Schittly (2011), L'homme qui voulait voir la guerre de près Biafra, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Soudan, Un médecin libre et audacieux raconte [The man who wanted to see the war up close- Biafra, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Sudan, A free and daring doctor talks], Paris: Editions Arthaud, p. 408, ISBN 9782081258419 – via www.arthaud.fr.

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