Carl Jacob Burckhardt
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This article is about the 20th-century historian and diplomat. For the 19th-century historian, see Jacob Burckhardt. For others of a similar name, see Carl Burckhardt (disambiguation).
Carl Jacob Burckhardt (September 10, 1891 – March 3, 1974) was a Swiss diplomat and historian. His career alternated between periods of academic historical research and diplomatic postings; the most prominent of the latter were League of Nations High Commissioner for the Free City of Danzig (1937–39) and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (1945–48).