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Ferdinand Marie, Comte de Lesseps GCSI ( French: [də lesɛps]; 19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French 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 .
Ferdinand, viscount de Lesseps was a French diplomat famous for building the Suez Canal across the Isthmus of Suez (1859–69) in Egypt. Lesseps was from a family long distinguished in government service. Appointed assistant vice-consul at Lisbon in 1825, he was sent in 1828 to Tunis and in 1832 to.
Ferdinand de Lesseps © De Lesseps was a French diplomat and administrator who was responsible for the construction of the Suez Canal. Ferdinand de Lesseps was born on 19 November 1805 into a...
Nov 19, 2021 · Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805 – 1894), photo by Félix Nadar circa 1872 – 1876 in Paris. On November 19 , 1805 , French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps was born.
Ferdinand, viscount de Lesseps, (born Nov. 19, 1805, Versailles, France—died Dec. 7, 1894, La Chenaie, near Guilly), French diplomat, builder of the Suez Canal. A career diplomat, he held posts in Egypt and elsewhere until 1849.
Ferdinand, comte de Lesseps 2, 3, né le 19 novembre 1805 4 à Versailles et mort le 7 décembre 1894 à La Chesnaye près de Guilly ( Indre ), est un diplomate et entrepreneur français. Il est surtout connu pour avoir fait construire le canal de Suez et pour être impliqué dans le scandale de Panama.
Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte (English: Viscount) de Lesseps, GCSI (19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was the French developer of the Suez Canal, which joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas in 1869.
Creator of the Suez Canal. Born in Versailles, into a family raised to the nobility in 1777, son of Mathieu de Lesseps, French Consul, and nephew of Barthélemy de Lesseps, one of the members of the La Pérouse expedition and subsequently French Consul General in St Petersburg during the First Empire.
(1805–94). Trained in his youth for government service, Ferdinand de Lesseps spent 24 years as a French diplomat; but it was his success in building the Suez Canal that earned him worldwide fame. His attempt to duplicate this feat by building a canal in Panama, however, ended in failure.
May 17, 2018 · Ferdinand Marie Lesseps, vicomte de (fĕrdēnäN´ märē´ vēkôNt´ də lĕsĕps´), 1805–94, French diplomat and engineer. He entered the consular service in 1825 and was minister to Spain (1848–49).
