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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

1881 - 1955

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., (French: [pjɛʁ tɛjaʁ də ʃaʁdɛ̃] ; 1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit, Catholic priest, scientist, paleontologist, philosopher, mystic, and teacher. Teilhard de Chardin investigated the theory of evolution from a perspective influenced by Henri Bergson and Christian mysticism, writing multiple scientific and religious works on the subject. His mainstream scientific achievements include his palaeontological research in China, taking part in the discovery of the significant Peking Man fossils from the Zhoukoudian cave complex near Beijing. His more speculative ideas, sometimes criticized as pseudoscientific, have included a vitalist conception of the Omega Point. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is the 209th most popular philosopher (down from 205th in 2019), the 488th most popular biography from France (up from 495th in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Philosopher.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a French philosopher and Jesuit priest who was most famous for his work in the fields of paleontology, geology, and biology.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 209 out of 1,267. Before him are Diogenes of Apollonia, Jean-François Lyotard, Rudolf Carnap, Hasan al-Basri, Alcmaeon of Croton, and Moses Mendelssohn. After him are Georgi Plekhanov, Vasishtha, Julia Kristeva, Miguel de Unamuno, Orosius, and Baltasar Gracián.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 25. Before him are Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Hermann Staudinger, Ludwig von Mises, Hans Fischer, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, and Fernand Léger. After him are Alexei Rykov, Erwin von Witzleben, Asta Nielsen, Irving Langmuir, Alcide De Gasperi, and Ettore Bugatti. Among people deceased in 1955, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 12. Before him are José Ortega y Gasset, Arthur Honegger, Sadako Sasaki, James B. Sumner, Alberto Ascari, and Fernand Léger. After him are Helmuth Weidling, António Egas Moniz, Jim Corbett, Charlie Parker, Paul Claudel, and Rodolfo Graziani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 488 out of 6,770. Before him are Fernand Léger (1881), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Charles Nicolle (1866), Stephen, King of England (1095), André Masséna (1758), and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674). After him are Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Genevieve (423), Childebert I (497), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), and Robert Delaunay (1885).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 28. Before him are Pierre Gassendi (1592), Pierre Bayle (1647), Ernest Renan (1823), Nicolas Malebranche (1638), Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), and Jean-François Lyotard (1924). After him are Joseph de Maistre (1753), Gaston Bachelard (1884), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Roger Garaudy (1913), Nicole Oresme (1323), and François Fénelon (1651).

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