Jean-Baptiste Charcot
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Jean-Baptiste Auguste Étienne Charcot | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 15 July 1867 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 September 1936 at sea, off Iceland | (aged 69)|||||||||||||||||
Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Polar explorer, doctor | |||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Jeanne Hugo (1896–1905; div.) | |||||||||||||||||
Sports career | ||||||||||||||||||
Sailing career | ||||||||||||||||||
Class(es) | 0 to 0.5 ton Open class | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 2014-02-08. |
Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcotneurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893).
Life
Jean-Baptiste Charcot was appointed leader of the
Loubet Land, Marguerite Bay, Mount Boland and Charcot Island, which was named after his father, Jean-Martin Charcot.[3] He named Hugo Island after Victor Hugo, the grandfather of his wife, Jeanne Hugo
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Later on, Jean-Baptiste Charcot explored Rockall in 1921 and Eastern Greenland and Svalbard from 1925 until 1936. He died when Pourquoi-Pas ? was wrecked in a storm off the coast of Iceland in 1936. A monument to Charcot was created in Reykjavík, Iceland by sculptor Einar Jónsson in 1936 and another by Ríkarður Jónsson in 1952. The lichen genus Charcotiana was named in his honour in 2014.[4]
Charcot participated in many sports. He won two silver medals in sailing at the Summer Olympics of 1900.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot | French explorer and oceanographer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Jean-Baptiste Charcot". thefreedictionary.com. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. 1970–1979. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- PMID 11561039. and here.
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- ^ "Jean-Baptiste Charcot". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- Le "Pourquoi pas?" dans l'Antarctique 1908–1910, Arthaud, Paris, 1996, ISBN 2-7003-1088-8