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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.
Everything about Ferdinand de Lesseps →- Occupation
- 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