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Ferdinand de Lesseps

Index Ferdinand de Lesseps

Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, GCSI (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. [1]

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Adolph Aloys von Braun

Adolph Aloys Freiherr von Braun (17 June 1818 – 4 March 1904) was a diplomat and statesman who became one of the closest collaborators of the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.

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Albert Medal (Royal Society of Arts)

The Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) was instituted in 1864 as a memorial to Prince Albert, who had been President of the Society for 18 years.

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Alexandre de Lesseps

Count Alexandre de Lesseps (born 20 May 1949) is an entrepreneur, and pioneer of micro financing in developing countries.

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Alliance Française

L'Alliance Française (French Alliance), or AF, is an international organization that aims to promote French language and culture around the world.

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Alliance Française de Toronto

Alliance Française Toronto is a cultural and language institute, part of the Alliance Française network.

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Alois Negrelli

Nikolaus Alois Maria Vinzenz Negrelli, Ritter von Moldelbe (also: Louis Negrelli) (January 23, 1799 - October 1, 1858), was a Tyrolean civil engineer and railroad pioneer mostly active in parts of the Austrian Empire, Switzerland, Germany and Italy.

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Anatole de Baudot

Joseph-Eugène-Anatole de Baudot (14 October 1834 – 28 February 1915) was a French architect and a pioneer of reinforced-concrete construction.

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Arthur Rhoné

Arthur-Ali Rhoné (14 March 1836 – 7 June 1910) was a wealthy amateur French Arabist and Egyptologist.

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Auguste Arnaud

Charles Auguste Arnaud (22 August 1825 – 6 September 1883), known as Auguste Arnaud was a French sculptor.

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École Spéciale d'Architecture

The École Spéciale d'Architecture (ÉSA; formerly École Centrale d'Architecture) is a private school for architecture at 254, boulevard Raspail in Paris, France.

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Barthélemy de Lesseps

Jean-Baptiste Barthélemy de Lesseps (27 January 1766 in Sète – 6 April/26 April 1834 in Lisbon) was a French diplomat and writer, member of the scientific expedition of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1 August 1785 – January 1788) and uncle of Ferdinand de Lesseps.

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Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin

Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin (8 February 17961 September 1864) was a French social reformer, one of the founders of Saint-Simonianism.

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Battle of Tell El Kebir

The Battle of Tel El Kebir was fought between the Egyptian army led by Ahmed Urabi and the British military near Tell El Kebir.

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Béla Gerster

Béla Gerster (20 October 1850 - 3 August 1923) was a Hungarian engineer and canal architect.

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Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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Cécile Papier

Cécile Papier (5 May 1845 – 8 March 1915) was a Luxembourgian socialite of the Belle Époque.

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Charles Lamb Kenney

Charles Lamb Kenney (29 April 1821 – 25 August 1881) was a journalist, dramatist and miscellaneous writer.

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Chott el Fejej

Chott el Fejej, also known as Chott el Fedjedj and Chott el Fejaj, is a long, narrow inlet of the endorheic salt lake Chott el Djerid in southern Tunisia.

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Colón, Panama

Colón is a Panamanian city and sea port beside the Caribbean Sea, lying near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal.

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Consuelo Kanaga

Consuelo Delesseps Kanaga (1894–1978) was an American woman photographer and writer who became well known for her photographs of African-Americans.

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Cristóbal, Colón

Cristóbal is a port town and county in Colón District, Colón Province, Panama with a population of 49,422 as of 2010.

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Culebra Cut

The Culebra Cut, formerly called Gaillard Cut, is an artificial valley that cuts through the Continental Divide in Panama.

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Daikokuya Kōdayū

(1751 - May 28, 1828) was a Japanese castaway who spent eleven years in Russia.

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Darius the Great's Suez Inscriptions

Darius the Great's Suez Inscriptions were texts written in Old Persian, Elamite, Babylonian and Egyptian on five monuments erected in Wadi Tumilat, commemorating the opening of a canal between the Nile and the Bitter Lakes.

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De Lesseps

De Lesseps may refer to.

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December 7

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DeLesseps Story Morrison

deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr., known as Chep Morrison (January 18, 1912 – May 22, 1964), was an American attorney and politician, who was the 54th mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1946 to 1961.

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Dobšinská Ice Cave

Dobšinská Ice Cave or Dobšinská ľadová jaskyňa (in Slovak) is an ice cave in Slovakia, near the mining town of Dobšiná in the Slovak Paradise.

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Egyptian National Railways

Egyptian National Railways (ENR; السكك الحديدية المصرية Al-Sikak al-Ḥadīdiyyah al-Miṣriyyah) is the national railway of Egypt and managed by the parastatal Egyptian Railway Authority (ERA; الهيئة القومية لسكك حديد مصر Al-Haī'ah al-Qawmiyya li-Sikak Ḥadīd Miṣr, literally, "National Agency for Egypt's Railways").

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Egyptian Public Works

The Egyptian Department of Public Works was established in the early 19th century, and concentrates mainly on public works relating to irrigation and hydraulic engineering.

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Emmanuel Frémiet

Emmanuel Frémiet (6 December 1824 – 10 September 1910) was a French sculptor.

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Eugénie de Montijo

Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox y KirkPatrick, 16th Countess of Teba, 15th Marchioness of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo, was the last Empress Consort of the French (1853–70) as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.

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Félix Bracquemond

Félix Henri Bracquemond (22 May 1833 – 29 October 1914) was a French painter and etcher.

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Ferdinand

Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements frith "protection", frið "peace" (PIE pri to love, to make peace) or alternatively farð "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic *farthi, abstract noun from root *far- "to fare, travel" (PIE par "to lead, pass over"), and nanth "courage" or nand "ready, prepared" related to Old High German nendan "to risk, venture." The name was adopted in Romance languages from its use in the Visigothic Kingdom.

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Fort De Lesseps

Fort De Lesseps was a small U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps fort located at the northern tip of Colón, Panama.

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François Élie Roudaire

François Élie Roudaire (born 6 August 1836 in Gueret and deceased 14 January 1885 in Gueret) was a French author, military officer and geographer.

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François Barthélemy Arlès-Dufour

François Barthélemy Arlès-Dufour (3 June 1797 – 21 January 1872) was a French silk merchant and leading exponent of Saint-Simonianism.

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Francis Rawdon Chesney

Francis Rawdon Chesney (16 March 1789 – 30 January 1872) was a British general and explorer.

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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (2 April 1834 – 4 October 1904) was a French sculptor who is best known for designing Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty.

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Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger

Frédéric Émile, Baron d’Erlanger (born June 19, 1832 in Frankfurt am Main; died May 22, 1911 in Versailles) born as Friedrich Emil Erlanger, was a German banker and Consul.

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French colonial empire

The French colonial empire constituted the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward.

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Fulcanelli

Fulcanelli (fl. 1920s) was the name used by a French alchemist and esoteric author, whose identity is still debated.

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Gatún

Gatun (Spanish: Gatún) is a small town on the Atlantic Side of the Panama Canal, located south of the city of Colón at the point in which Gatun Lake meets the channel to the Caribbean Sea.

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George Washington Goethals

George Washington Goethals (June 29, 1858 – January 21, 1928) was a United States Army General and civil engineer, best known for his administration and supervision of the construction and the opening of the Panama Canal.

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Gustave Eiffel

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (born Bönickhausen;;; 15 December 183227 December 1923) was a French civil engineer.

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Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty

The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty (Tratado Hay-Bunau Varilla) was a treaty signed on November 18, 1903, by the United States and Panama, which established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal.

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Henri Barboux

Louis Henri Barboux (24 September 1834, Châteauroux, Indre – 25 April 1910, Paris) was a prominent French financial lawyer, politician, and member of the Académie française.

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Henri Blowitz

Henri Georges Stephane Adolphe Opper de Blowitz (28 December 182518 January 1903) was a Bohemian journalist.

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Henry Mitchell (oceanographer)

Henry Mitchell (September 16, 1830 – December 1, 1902) was an American oceanographer and hydrographer.

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History of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty

The history of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali Pasha dynasty (1805–1953) spanned the later period of Ottoman Egypt, the Khedivate of Egypt under British patronage, and the nominally independent Sultanate of Egypt and Kingdom of Egypt, ending with the Revolution of 1952 and the formation of the Republic of Egypt.

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History of Panama

The History of Panama is about the Isthmus of Panama region's long history that occurred in Central America, from Pre-Columbian cultures, during the Spanish colonial era, through independence and the current country of Panama.

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History of Panama (1821–1903)

Panama would remain as a royalist stronghold and outpost until 1821 (the year of Panama's revolution against Spain).

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History of Thailand

History of Thailand concerns the history of the Thai people, who originally lived in southwestern China, migrated into mainland Southeast Asia over a period of many centuries.

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History of the Panama Canal

The idea of the Panama canal dates back to 1513, when Vasco Núñez de Balboa first crossed the isthmus.

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HMS Daring (D05)

HMS Daring was the nameship of the s authorised in 1944.

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Index of World War II articles (F)

# F-34 tank gun.

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International African Association

The International African Association (Association internationale africaine) was a front organization established by the guests at the Brussels Geographic Conference of 1876, an event hosted by King Leopold II of Belgium.

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International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez

The International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez (Commission Internationale pour le percement de l'isthme des Suez) was the commission consisting of various European experts convened in 1855 by Ferdinand de Lesseps as instructed by the viceroy of Egypt Muhammad Sa'id in order to ascertain the feasibility of a canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea and to evaluate the best alternative for such a canal.

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Ismaël de Lesseps

Ferdinand Marie Ismaël de Lesseps (27 November 1871 – 30 September 1915), known as Ismaël de Lesseps, was a French fencer.

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Isthmian Canal Commission of 1899

The Isthmian Canal Commission was a commission created by congress in 1899 "to determine the most feasible and practicable route" in Central America to build a canal.

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Isthmus of Panama

The Isthmus of Panama (Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien (Istmo de Darién), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.

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István Türr

István Türr (Stefano Türr, Étienne Türr), (10 August 1825 in Baja, Hungary – 3 May 1908 in Budapest) was a Hungarian soldier, revolutionary, canal architect and engineer, remembered in Italy for his role in that country's unification and his association with Garibaldi.

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Jacques de Lesseps

Jacques Benjamin de Lesseps was a French aviator born in Paris on 5 July 1883, killed in an air accident presumably on 18 October 1927 along with his flight engineer Theodor Chichenko.

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Jaffa–Jerusalem railway

The Jaffa–Jerusalem railway (also J & J) is a railway that connected Jaffa and Jerusalem.

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James Buchanan Eads

Captain James Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was a world-renowned American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 patents.

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James Kenney (dramatist)

James Kenney (178025 July 1849) was an English dramatist, the son of James Kenney, one of the founders of Boodles' Club in London.

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James Patrick Mahon

Charles James Patrick Mahon, known as the O'Gorman Mahon or James Patrick Mahon (17 March 1800 – 15 June 1891) was an Irish nationalist journalist, barrister, parliamentarian and international mercenary.

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Janet Ross

Janet Ann Ross (1842–1927) was an English historian, biographer, and Tuscan cookbook author.

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January 1

January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.

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Jean-François Batut

Jean-François Batut (26 June 1828 in Castres - 21 May 1907) was a French painter known for his portraits, with subjects including Ferdinand de Lesseps and Gustave Eiffel.

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John Hawkshaw

Sir John Hawkshaw FRS FRSE MICE (9 April 1811 – 2 June 1891), was an English civil engineer.

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John Hay

John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century.

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José Carlos Rodrigues

José Carlos Rodrigues (1844–1922) was a Brazilian journalist, financial expert, and philanthropist, with connections to both the United States and Great Britain.

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José Telésforo Paúl

José Telésforo Paúl y Vargas, SJ (5 January 1831 – 8 April 1889) was a Colombian Catholic bishop and Jesuit who worked in Panama and Colombia.

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Jules Pastré

Jules Pastré (April 12, 1809 - May 21, 1899) was a French banker, businessman and equestrian.

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Lake Uniamési

Lake Uniamési or the Uniamesi Sea was the name given by missionaries in the 1840s and 1850s to a huge lake or inland sea they supposed to lie within a region of Central East Africa with the same name.

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Léon Gambetta

Léon Gambetta (2 April 1838 – 31 December 1882) was a French statesman, prominent during and after the Franco-Prussian War.

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Lesseps (Barcelona Metro)

Lesseps is a station in the Barcelona Metro network, named after its location, Plaça de Lesseps, in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, itself named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was appointed French consul in 1842.

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Lessepsian migration

The Lessepsian migration (also called Erythrean invasion) is the migration of marine species across the Suez Canal, usually from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and more rarely in the opposite direction.

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Levantine Sea

The Levantine Sea is the easternmost part of the Mediterranean Sea.

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List of 1992 motorsport champions

This list of 1992 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races.

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List of burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery

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List of canal engineers

A canal engineer is a civil engineer responsible for planning (architectural and otherwise) related to the construction of a canal.

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List of civil engineers

This list of civil engineers is a list of notable people who have been trained in or have practiced civil engineering.

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List of foods named after people

This is a list of foods and dishes named after people.

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List of honorary British knights and dames

This is an incomplete list of people who have been created honorary Knights or Dames by the British crown, as well as those who have been raised to the two comparable Orders of Chivalry (Order of Merit and Order of the Companions of Honour) and the Royal Victorian Chain, which do not carry pre-nominal styles.

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List of Honorary Freemen of the City of London

The granting of the Honorary Freedom (or Freedom Honoris Causa) of the City of London is extremely rare and only generally awarded today to Royalty, Heads of State or to figures of genuine global standing.

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List of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India

This is a list of Knights Grand Commander (Knights 1861-1866) of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India from 1861 until 1947, when the order ceased to be awarded.

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List of Latin phrases (A)

Additional references.

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List of Lessepsian migrant species

Lessepsian migrants, named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French engineer in charge of the Suez Canal's construction, are marine species that are native to the waters on one side of the Suez Canal, and which have been introduced by passage through the canal to the waters on its other side, giving rise to new colonies there and often becoming invasive.

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List of members of the Académie française

This is a list of members of the Académie française (French Academy) by seat number.

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List of people on the postage stamps of Panama

This article lists people who have been featured on Panamanian postage stamps.

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List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Aéro-Club de France in 1910

The Aéro-Club de France issued Aviators Certificates from 1909.

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List of The Nature of Things episodes

The Nature of Things (also, The Nature of Things with David Suzuki) is a Canadian television series of documentary programs.

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List of Vanity Fair (British magazine) caricatures (1868–69)

>> List of ''Vanity Fair'' caricatures (1870–74) The following is from a list of caricatures published 1868–69 by the British magazine Vanity Fair (1868–1914).

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List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll

This is a list of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll.

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List of works by Henri Chapu

Henri Chapu (1833–1891) was a French sculptor.

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Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds

Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds better known as Linant Pasha (Lorient, France, November 23, 1799 – Cairo July 9, 1883) was an explorer of Egypt and, as the chief engineer of Egypt's public works, 1831–1869, the chief engineer of the Suez Canal.

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Louise Abbéma

Louise Abbéma (30 October 185310 July 1927) was a French painter, sculptor, and designer of the Belle Époque.

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Manuel María de Peralta y Alfaro

Manuel María de Peralta y Alfaro (July 4, 1847 – August 1, 1930) was a Costa Rican diplomat and a historian.

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Marc Bédarride

Marc Bédarride (4 February 1776 – April 1846) was a French-Jewish writer, military officer and Freemason.

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Marguerite Steinheil

Marguerite Jeanne "Meg" Japy Steinheil, Lady Abinger (16 April 1869 – 17 July 1954) was a French woman famous for her many love affairs with important men.

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Mathieu de Lesseps

Mathieu Maximilien Prosper Comte de Lesseps (4 March 1771—28 December 1832) was a French diplomat and high ranking public official who served, from 1797 until his death, in numerous foreign and domestic posts.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Napoleon III

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the President of France from 1848 to 1852 and as Napoleon III the Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870.

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November 19

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

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Panama scandals

The Panama scandals (also known as the Panama Canal Scandal or Panama Affair) was a corruption affair that broke out in the French Third Republic in 1892, linked to the building of the Panama Canal.

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Patrick Carnegie Simpson

Patrick Carnegie Simpson (1865 – 1947) was a leading Presbyterian churchman during the opening years of the 20th Century.

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Paul Flatters

Paul Flatters (16 September 1832 – 16 February 1881) was a French soldier who spent a long period as a military administrator in Algeria.

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Paul Soleillet

Paul Soleillet (29 April 1842 – 10 September 1886) was a French explorer in West Africa and Ethiopia.

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Pharaoh (novel)

Pharaoh (Faraon) is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus (1847–1912).

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Philippe Bunau-Varilla

Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla (1859–1940), commonly referred to as simply Philippe Bunau-Varilla and Monsignor Brun Varilla, was a French engineer and soldier.

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Plaça de Lesseps, Barcelona

Plaça de Lesseps is a square serving as the border between the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi and Gràcia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, loosely divided in two parts.

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Port Said

Port Said (بورسعيد, the first syllable has its pronunciation from Arabic; unurbanized local pronunciation) is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787 (2010).

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Port Said Governorate

Port Said Governorate (محافظة بورسعيد) is one of the Canal Zone governorates of Egypt.

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Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes

The presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes began on March 4, 1877, when Rutherford B. Hayes was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1881.

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Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt

The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt began on September 14, 1901, when he became the 26th President of the United States upon the assassination and death of President William McKinley, and ended on March 4, 1909.

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Richard Francis Burton bibliography

The British explorer and Arabist Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) published over 40 books and countless articles, monographs and letters.

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Richard W. Thompson

Richard Wigginton Thompson (June 9, 1809 – February 9, 1900) was an American politician.

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Robert Laffan (politician)

Sir Robert Michael Laffan (21 September 1821 – 22 March 1882) was Irish officer of the Royal Engineers, politician, and governor of Bermuda.

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Robert Roberts (Christadelphian)

Robert Roberts (April 18, 1839 – September 23, 1898) is the man generally considered to have continued the work of organising and establishing the Christadelphian movement founded by Dr.

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Robert Stephenson and Company

Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823.

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Roman Republic (19th century)

The Roman Republic was a short-lived state declared on 9 February 1849, when the government of Papal States was temporarily replaced by a republican government due to Pope Pius IX's flight to Gaeta.

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Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th President of the United States from 1877 to 1881, an American congressman, and governor of Ohio.

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Sa'id of Egypt

Mohamed Sa'id Pasha (محمد سعيد باشا, Mehmed Said Paşa, March 17, 1822 – January 17, 1863) was the Wāli of Egypt and Sudan from 1854 until 1863, officially owing fealty to the Ottoman Sultan but in practice exercising virtual independence.

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Sahara Sea

The Sahara Sea was the name of a hypothetical macro-engineering project which proposed flooding endorheic basins in the Sahara Desert with waters from the Atlantic Ocean or Mediterranean Sea.

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Salim Halali

Salim Halali or Salim Hilali (in Arabic: سليم الهلالي, birth name Simon Halali, 30 July 1920 – 25 June 2005) was an Algerian singer who performed Arabic Andalusian classical music and Algerian music.

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Samuel Pasfield Oliver

Samuel Pasfield Oliver (1838–1907) was an English artillery officer, geographer and antiquary.

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Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa was the occupation, division, and colonization of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914.

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Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World is a 7-part British docudrama television miniseries that originally aired from to on BBC and was later released on DVD.

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Société d'Études du Canal de Suez

The Société d'études du Canal de Suez (more correctly the Société d'études de l'Isthme de Suez) was a society set up in 1846 by the Saint-Simonist Prosper Enfantin in Paris to study the Isthmus of Suez and the possibility of a Suez Canal.

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Société de géographie

The Société de Géographie (French, "Geographical Society"), is the world's oldest geographical society.

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Spooner Act

The First Spooner Act of 1902 (also referred to as the Panama Canal Act, 32 Stat. 481) was written by a United States Senator from Wisconsin, John Coit Spooner, enacted on June 28, 1902, and signed by President Roosevelt the following day.

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Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States.

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Suez

Suez (السويس; Egyptian Arabic) is a seaport city (population ca. 497,000) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez (a branch of the Red Sea), near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, having the same boundaries as Suez governorate.

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Suez (film)

Suez is an American film released on October 28, 1938 by 20th Century Fox, with Darryl F. Zanuck in charge of production, directed by Allan Dwan and starring Tyrone Power, Loretta Young and Annabella.

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Suez Canal

thumb The Suez Canal (قناة السويس) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez.

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Suez Canal Authority

Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is a state owned authority which owns, operates and maintains the Suez Canal.

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Suez Canal Company

Participating certificate of the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, issued 1. January 1889 The Universal Maritime Suez Canal Company (Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez, or simply Compagnie de Suez for short) was the corporation that constructed the Suez Canal between 1859 and 1869 and operated it until 1956.

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Suez Crisis

The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli War, also named the Tripartite Aggression (in the Arab world) and Operation Kadesh or Sinai War (in Israel),Also named: Suez Canal Crisis, Suez War, Suez–Sinai war, Suez Campaign, Sinai Campaign, Operation Musketeer (أزمة السويس /‎ العدوان الثلاثي, "Suez Crisis"/ "the Tripartite Aggression"; Crise du canal de Suez; מבצע קדש "Operation Kadesh", or מלחמת סיני, "Sinai War") was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France.

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Suzanne Voilquin

Suzanne Monnier Voilquin (1801 – December 1876 or January 1877) was a French feminist, journalist, midwife, traveler and author, best known as editor of Tribune des femmes (French Wikipedia Article), the first working-class feminist periodical, and her memoirs, Souvenirs d’une fille du peuple: ou, La saint-simonienne en Égypt.

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Sztafeta

Sztafeta (English: Relay Race) is a 1939 compendium of literary reportage written by Melchior Wańkowicz.

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Thai Canal

The Thai Canal, also known as Kra Canal or Kra Isthmus Canal, refers to proposals for a canal that would connect the Gulf of Thailand with the Andaman Sea across southern Thailand.

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Théodule Devéria

Théodule Charles Devéria (1 July 1831 – 31 January 1871) was a French photographer and Egyptologist who lived in the 19th century.

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The Amazing Race 19

The Amazing Race 19 is the nineteenth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race.

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Theodor Herzl

Theodor Herzl (תאודור הֶרְצֵל Te'odor Hertsel, Herzl Tivadar; 2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904), Hebrew name given at his brit milah Binyamin Ze'ev (בִּנְיָמִין זְאֵב), also known in Hebrew as, Chozeh HaMedinah (lit. "Visionary of the State") was an Austro-Hungarian journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern political Zionism.

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Trams in Panama

Trams in Panama began with an electric tramway in Panama City in 1893 and remained in service, with interruptions, until 1941.

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Tunisian salt lakes

The Tunisian salt lakes are a series of lakes in central Tunisia, lying south of the Atlas Mountains at the northern edge of the Sahara.

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: A Tour of the Underwater World (Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Tour du monde sous-marin, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: A Tour of the Underwater World") is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870.

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Tyrone Power filmography

Tyrone Power (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) appeared in a total of 48 feature-length motion pictures.

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USS De Lesseps (1918)

USS De Lesseps was a tug in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Ferdinand de Lesseps.

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William Tolly

Colonel William Tolly (1715-1784) was an officer of British East India Company, who later settled down in Calcutta, who is noted for building Tolly's Nullah.

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1805 in France

Events from the year 1805 in France.

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1894 in France

Events from the year 1894 in France.

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1990 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 58th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 16 and 17 June 1990.

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1991 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 59th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 22 and 23 June 1991.

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1992 1000 km of Suzuka

The 1992 1000 km of Suzuka was the fifth race of the FIA Sportscar World Championship.

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1992 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 60th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 20–21 June 1992.

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1992 500 km of Magny-Cours

The 1992 500 km of Magny-Cours was the final race of the FIA Sportscar World Championship for both the 1992 season and overall as the championship failed the materialize for 1993.

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1992 500 km of Monza

The 1992 500 km of Monza was the opening race of the FIA Sportscar World Championship.

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1992 500 km of Silverstone

The 1992 500 km of Silverstone was the second race of the FIA Sportscar World Championship.

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20 Battery Royal Artillery

20 Battery Royal Artillery is the headquarters battery of the 16th Regiment Royal Artillery.

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2000 FIA GT A1-Ring 500km

The 2000 FIA GT A1-Ring 500 km was the seventh round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season.

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2000 FIA GT Brno 500km

The 2000 FIA GT Brno 500 km was the ninth round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season.

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2000 FIA GT Estoril 500km

The 2000 FIA GT Estoril 500 km was the second round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season.

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2000 FIA GT Lausitzring 500km

The 2000 FIA GT Lausitzring 500 km was the eighth round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season.

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2000 FIA GT Magny-Cours 500km

The 2000 FIA GT Magny-Cours 500 km was the tenth and final round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season.

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2000 FIA GT Monza 500km

The 2000 FIA GT Monza 500 km was the third round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season.

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2000 FIA GT Silverstone 500km

The 2000 FIA GT Silverstone 500 km was the fourth round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season.

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2000 FIA GT Valencia 500km

The 2000 FIA GT Valencia 500 km was the first round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season.

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2000 FIA GT Zolder 500km

The 2000 FIA GT Zolder 500 km was the sixth round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Lesseps

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