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Ferdinand de Lesseps

French diplomat and entrepreneur, developer of the Suez Canal (1805–1894)

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About Ferdinand de Lesseps

Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps was a French Orientalist diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869, joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and times between Europe and East Asia.

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diplomat, entrepreneur, writer, engineer

Position held

seat 38 of the Académie française, ambassador of France to Spain, Consul General of France in Barcelona, Consul General of France in Alexandria

Citizenship

France

Born

November 19, 1805

Died

December 7, 1894

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Louise-Hélène Autard de Bragard Agathe Delamalle Victor de Lesseps Jacques de Lesseps Marie-Solange de Lesseps Ismaël de Lesseps Gisèle de Lesseps Marie-Eugénie de Lesseps Mathieu Marie de Lesseps Ferdinande de Lesseps Bertrand Marie de Lesseps

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