Jean-Baptiste Charcot

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Jean-Baptiste Auguste Étienne Charcot
Charcot in 1925
Born15 July 1867 (1867-07-15)
Died16 September 1936 (1936-09-17) (aged 69)
at sea, off Iceland
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Polar explorer, doctor
SpouseJeanne Hugo (1896–1905; div.)
Sports career
Sailing career
Class(es)0 to 0.5 ton
Open class
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1900 Paris Ton class 1st race
Silver medal – second place 1900 Paris Ton class 2nd race
Updated on 2014-02-08.

Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot

(1825–1893).

Life

Vague Bleue ou Pourquoi pas. Hommage au commandant Charcot, by the french painter Arnaud Courlet de Vregille, 2016 (80 x 120 cm, Acrylic and pencil).

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
.

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

  1. ^ "Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot | French explorer and oceanographer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Jean-Baptiste Charcot". thefreedictionary.com. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. 1970–1979. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
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  6. ^ "Jean-Baptiste Charcot". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  • Le "Pourquoi pas?" dans l'Antarctique 1908–1910, Arthaud, Paris, 1996,

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