Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a French Jesuit priest, paleontologist, and philosopher known for integrating evolutionary science with Christian theology and proposing the concept of the Omega Point.

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instanceOf Jesuit priest
human
paleontologist
philosopher
theologian
writer
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1881-05-01
dateOfDeath 1955-04-10
educatedAt Collège de Mongré
Jesuit novitiate at Aix-en-Provence
familyName Teilhard de Chardin
fieldOfWork Christian theology
evolutionary theory
paleontology
philosophy of religion
givenName Pierre
influenced Ilia Delio
Joseph Ratzinger
Karl Rahner
Thomas Berry
process theology
influencedBy Charles Darwin
Henri Bergson
knownFor synthesizing evolutionary science and Christian theology
work on Peking Man fossils
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Society of Jesus
movement Christian existentialism
process theology
notableIdea Omega Point
integration of evolution and Christian theology
noosphere
notableWork Hymn of the Universe
The Divine Milieu
The Phenomenon of Man
occupation essayist
paleontologist
philosopher
priest
theologian
participatedIn excavations at Zhoukoudian
placeOfBirth Auvergne
France
Orcines
Puy-de-Dôme
placeOfDeath New York
New York City
United States of America
positionHeld professor of geology at the Institut Catholique de Paris
religion Catholic Church
sexOrGender male

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Pierre
borneBy
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ("Teilhard de Chardin")
familyName
Vladimir Vernadsky
influencedBy

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