PHILOSOPHER

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

1881 - 1955

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (French: [pjɛʁ tɛjaʁ də ʃaʁdɛ̃] ; 1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit, Catholic priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher, and teacher. He was Darwinian and progressive in outlook and the author of several influential theological and philosophical books. His mainstream scientific achievements included taking part in the discovery of Peking Man. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin has received more than 1,629,542 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is the 205th most popular philosopher (down from 194th in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from France (down from 436th in 2019) and the 27th 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 205 out of 1,267. Before him are Adam Weishaupt, John Scotus Eriugena, Hasan al-Basri, Marshall McLuhan, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, and Paulo Freire. After him are Jean-François Lyotard, Bias of Priene, Georgi Plekhanov, Julia Kristeva, Gabriel Marcel, and Joseph de Maistre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 24. Before him are Guccio Gucci, Fernand Léger, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Sveinn Björnsson, Alexei Rykov, and Alcide De Gasperi. After him are Ettore Bugatti, Hans Fischer, Georg von Küchler, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Irving Langmuir, and Hermann Staudinger. Among people deceased in 1955, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 12. Before him are Sadako Sasaki, António Egas Moniz, José Ortega y Gasset, Fernand Léger, Alberto Ascari, and Rodolfo Graziani. After him are Arthur Honegger, Maurice Utrillo, Helmuth Weidling, Charlie Parker, James B. Sumner, and Paul Claudel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 495 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine of Navarre (1518), Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), Alfred Werner (1866), Christine Lagarde (1956), Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647), and Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928). After him are William II of England (1056), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727), André Citroën (1878), Frédéric Bazille (1841), and Paul Sabatier (1854).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 27. Before him are Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709), Marquis de Condorcet (1743), Nicolas Malebranche (1638), Pierre Gassendi (1592), Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908), and Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714). After him are Jean-François Lyotard (1924), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Joseph de Maistre (1753), Gaston Bachelard (1884), Roger Garaudy (1913), and Guy Debord (1931).

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