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Jean-Baptiste Charcot

1867 - 1936

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Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, better known in France as Commandant Charcot, (15 July 1867 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris – 16 September 1936 at sea (30 miles north-west of Reykjavik, Iceland), was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893). As a sportsman, he was French rugby XV champion in 1896 and also won a double silver medal in sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Charcot is the 201st most popular explorer (down from 196th in 2019), the 2,354th most popular biography from France (up from 2,428th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jean-Baptiste Charcot ranks 201 out of 498. Before him are Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Nikolai Rezanov, James Weddell, Don Walsh, and Francisco de Montejo. After him are Pedro Arias Dávila, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Francis Garnier, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, Douglas Mawson, and John Rolfe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Jean-Baptiste Charcot ranks 66. Before him are Jeanne Lanvin, Masaoka Shiki, Carl Laemmle, Cy Young, Marie Krøyer, and Elvira Madigan. After him are Amy Beach, Julien Benda, Arthur Rackham, Winsor McCay, Anathon Aall, and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. Among people deceased in 1936, Jean-Baptiste Charcot ranks 78. Before him are Sergey Kamenev, Hans Poelzig, Irving Thalberg, Alexander Tamanian, Edward Bach, and Alexandros Zaimis. After him are Charles Curtis, Arvid Lindman, Johannes Franz Hartmann, Takahashi Korekiyo, Conrad Böcker, and Hu Hanmin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Charcot ranks 2,354 out of 6,770. Before him are Ivo of Chartres (1040), Pierre Plantard (1920), François Hotman (1524), Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Michel de l'Hôpital (1505), and François Étienne de Kellermann (1770). After him are Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne (1787), Sarah Kofman (1934), Jean-Louis Pons (1761), Olivier Assayas (1955), Micheline Presle (1922), and Antoine Gombaud (1607).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Jean-Baptiste Charcot ranks 19. Before him are Jean Chardin (1643), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Henri Mouhot (1826), Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), and Sophie Blanchard (1778). After him are Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Francis Garnier (1839), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), René Caillié (1799), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), and Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724).

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