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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 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 1,555,841 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is the 194th most popular philosopher (down from 189th in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from France (down from 391st in 2019) and the 25th 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 194 out of 1,081. Before him are Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Ernest Renan, Pierre Bayle, John Scotus Eriugena, Nicolas Malebranche, and Xun Kuang. After him are Marquis de Condorcet, Georgi Plekhanov, George Herbert Mead, Paulo Freire, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, and Apollonius of Tyana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 20. Before him are Roger Martin du Gard, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Clinton Davisson, Walther von Brauchitsch, Fernand Léger, and Alexei Rykov. After him are Guccio Gucci, Ettore Bugatti, Georg von Küchler, Alcide De Gasperi, Hans Fischer, and Maximilian von Weichs. Among people deceased in 1955, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 11. Before him are Dale Carnegie, José Ortega y Gasset, Sadako Sasaki, António Egas Moniz, Charlie Parker, and Fernand Léger. After him are Alberto Ascari, Rodolfo Graziani, Helmuth Weidling, Arthur Honegger, Maurice Utrillo, and Paul Claudel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 436 out of 6,011. Before him are Éric Rohmer (1920), Théophile Gautier (1811), Auguste Escoffier (1847), Francis Poulenc (1899), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), and Brigitte Macron (1953). After him are Marquis de Condorcet (1743), Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Jacques Tati (1907), Louis III of France (863), Marie Louise d’Orléans (1662), and Jean Fouquet (1420).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ranks 25. Before him are Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709), Pierre Gassendi (1592), Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715), Ernest Renan (1823), Pierre Bayle (1647), and Nicolas Malebranche (1638). After him are Marquis de Condorcet (1743), Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Jean-François Lyotard (1924), Joseph de Maistre (1753), and Gaston Bachelard (1884).

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