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    Ferdinand Marie, Comte de Lesseps (French: [də lesɛps]; 19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French Orientalist diplomat and later developer of the...
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    Thauk. De Lesseps received the Fulbright Humanitarian Award in 2004 at the United Nations in New York. He is a descendant of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the famous...
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  • related to Suez Canal promoter Ferdinand de Lesseps. She is of French-Canadian descent on her mother's side. De Lesseps attended Miss Porter's School,...
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    Count Alexandre de Lesseps, an entrepreneur and pioneer of microfinancing in developing countries. He is a descendant of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the famous...
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    referred to in French as Le Suez ("The Suez"), was a company formed by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1858 to operate the Egyptian granted concession of the Suez Canal...
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    de Panama, in charge of the construction, whose president was de Lesseps, acquired the Wyse Concession from the Société Civile. Ferdinand de Lesseps was...
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    Fort De Lesseps was a small U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps fort located at the northern tip of Colón, Panama. It was named after Ferdinand de Lesseps. It...
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    expedition of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1 August 1785 – January 1788) and uncle of Ferdinand de Lesseps. His childhood was spent in...
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    geographer and took part in the 1876–1878 exploration of the Darien with Ferdinand de Lesseps. The route for the Panama Canal that he proposed was adopted by the...
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    Lesseps, in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, itself named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was appointed French consul in 1842. The station is served by...
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    death, in numerous foreign and domestic posts. One of his sons, Ferdinand de Lesseps, was the developer and guiding spirit in charge of the construction...
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  • and entrepreneur Ferdinand de Lesseps. In 1910 he married Grace Mackenzie, daughter of Sir Willam Mackenzie. In 1910, Jacques de Lesseps became the second...
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    American self-styled inventor of jazz Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805–1894), French developer of the Suez Canal Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521), Portuguese sea...
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  • USS De Lesseps was a tug in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Ferdinand de Lesseps. De Lesseps was owned by the Panama Canal...
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    route between Europe and Asia. In 1858, French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps formed the Compagnie de Suez for the express purpose of building the canal. Construction...
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  • Retrieved May 15, 2013. https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/giselle-de-lesseps-24-4rhhtd Lambert, Angela (January 20, 1996). "Profile: Lord Young of...
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    and entrepreneur Ferdinand de Lesseps was the driving force behind French attempts to construct the Panama canal (1881–1889). De Lesseps had made his reputation...
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    and the Moderns Gustave de Beaumont, Tocqueville's best friend and travel companion to the United States Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and developer...
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  • Barthélemy de Lesseps, (1766–1834), French diplomat and writer Bertrand Marie de Lesseps (1875–1918), French fencer Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805–1894)...
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    basis. The square is named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the developer of the Suez Canal. Earlier in his career, De Lesseps was the French consul in Barcelona...
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    brother of Bertrand Marie de Lesseps and son of Ferdinand de Lesseps. List of Olympians killed in World War I "Ismaël de Lesseps". Olympedia. Retrieved 25...
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  • Bonaparte and the French Assembly, led by Count de Lesseps and others. Eugenie persuades Ferdinand de Lesseps to pass along Bonaparte's proposal asking the...
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    nationalists of taking bribes from Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1888 to permit the stock issue, leading to a corruption trial against Lesseps and his son Charles. Meanwhile...
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    after deLesseps Story, a respected New Orleans judge to whom he was related on his mother's side; the family was related to Ferdinand de Lesseps and Sidney...
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    De Lesseps was a small U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps fort located at the northern tip of the city. It was named after the canal developer Ferdinand...
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    including the Suez Canal Company, founded by Saint-Simonian sympathiser Ferdinand de Lesseps, and the bank Crédit Mobilier, which was established by the Pereire...
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    Europe (contributions were sent by the Rothschilds and Viscount Ferdinand de Lesseps) and the national committees were to be headed by grand dukes, princes...
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    by Peugeot Talbot Sport. The FIA Cup for Drivers was awarded to Ferdinand de Lesseps and the FIA Cup for Teams to Chamberlain Engineering. From the start...
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    where he visited the Suez Canal which was being constructed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. At the same time he was employed by Jean-Baptiste Kranz to assist...
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    entrance and carried a light to guide ships. Both the khedive and Ferdinand de Lesseps, developer of the Suez Canal, declined the proposed statue from Bartholdi...
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