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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 (born Nov. 19, 1805, Versailles, France—died Dec. 7, 1894, La Chenaie, near Guilly) was a French diplomat famous for building the Suez Canal across the Isthmus of Suez (1859–69) in Egypt.
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...
Ferdinand, comte de Lesseps 2, 3, né le 19 novembre 1805 4 à Versailles et mort le 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 de Lesseps was a French diplomat famous for building the Suez Canal. The canal, which joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, considerably reduced the sailing distances and thereby the time taken to travel between Europe and East Asia.
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.
May 17, 2018 · Lesseps, Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de (1805–94) French diplomat and engineer. He conceived the idea of a canal through the isthmus of Suez, linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean. He formed the Suez Canal Company, securing finance from the French government.
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.
Ferdinand de Lesseps. (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.
