Jacques Marquette
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French Jesuit and explorer (1637-1675)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1637-06-01 ) June 1, 1637, Laon , Kingdom of France
- Died
- May 18, 1675 (1675-05-18) (aged 37), near Ludington, Michigan
- Other name
- Pere Marquette
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacques
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Place of birth
- Laon
- Place of death
- Michigan Center
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Pere Marquette close-up.jpg
- Religious order
- Society of Jesus
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- Commons category
- Jacques Marquette
- date of death
- 1675-05-18
- date of birth
- 1637-06-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- Jacques Marquette
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Jacques Marquette
- cause of death
- dysentery
- place of burial
- Ludington
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Encyclopedic overview
Jacques Marquette SJ ( French: [ʒak maʁkɛt]; June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Ignace. In 1673, Marquette, along with Louis Jolliet, an explorer born near Quebec City, explored and mapped the northern portion of the Mississippi River Valley.
Early life
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