Ferdinand de Lesseps
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Ferdinand de Lesseps was a French diplomat and entrepreneur best known for leading the development of the Suez Canal in the 19th century.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| de Lesseps | 1 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French diplomat
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entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
|
| burialPlace | Père Lachaise Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ |
| convictedOf | fraud related to the Panama Canal Company ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1805-11-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1894-12-07 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Encyclopaedia Britannica
ⓘ
surface form:
Encyclopædia Britannica
French national biographies ⓘ Larousse Encyclopedia ⓘ
surface form:
Larousse
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| educatedAt | Lycée Henri-IV ⓘ |
| familyName |
Ferdinand de Lesseps
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
de Lesseps
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| father | Mathieu de Lesseps ⓘ |
| givenName | Ferdinand ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Count ⓘ |
| heritage | French nobility ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Saint-Simonian ideas on large public works ⓘ |
| knownFor |
attempting to construct the Panama Canal
ⓘ
leading the construction of the Suez Canal ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
ⓘ
Académie française ⓘ |
| mother | Catherine de Grivegnée ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama
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Suez Canal ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 17 ⓘ |
| occupation |
canal engineer
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diplomat ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of France
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Versailles ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Guilly ⓘ La Chênaie ⓘ
surface form:
La Chenaie
Loiret ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
French consul
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consul in Alexandria ⓘ consul in Cairo ⓘ minister plenipotentiary ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
founded the Suez Canal Company
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involved in the Panama Canal scandal ⓘ negotiated concession with Said Pasha for the Suez Canal ⓘ present at the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 ⓘ |
| spouse |
Agnès de La Borde
ⓘ
Louise-Hélène Autard de Bragard ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Egypt
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Panama ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
de Lesseps