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Jean-Baptiste Charcot
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French scientist (1867-1936)
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Jean-Baptiste Charcot was a French physician, explorer, athlete, and researcher. Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1867, he died in Iceland in 1936 from accidental death. He was buried at Montmartre Cemetery. Charcot was a member of the French Academy of Sciences, the Académie Nationale de Médecine, and the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium. He was employed by the École pratique des hautes études.
As an athlete, he participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics in sailing and played rugby union as a prop in the 1894–95 and 1895–96 French Rugby Union Championships. He received the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations, the Cullum Geographical Medal, and the Croix de guerre 1914–1918. His notable work is *Le Pourquoi-Pas ? dans l'Antarctique*. He is the son of Jean-Martin Charcot.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Le Pourquoi-Pas ? dans l'Antarctique
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,894x
- Situated Learning
· 1991 · cited 30,538x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,233x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,667x
- Numerical integration of the cartesian equations of motion of a system with constraints: molecular dynamics of n-alkanes
· 1977 · cited 19,853x
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Key facts
- Born
- Jean-Baptiste Auguste Étienne Charcot , 15 July 1867 ( 1867-07-15 ) , Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
- Died
- 16 September 1936 (1936-09-16) (aged 69), At sea, 30 miles northwest of Reykjavík , Iceland
- Occupations
- Polar explorer, medical doctor, Olympian, scientist
- Known for
- His polar explorations
- Spouse
- Jeanne Hugo (1896–1905; div.)
- Class es
- 0 to 0.5 ton , Open class
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean-Baptiste
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Place of death
- Iceland
- Father
- Jean-Martin Charcot
- Occupation
- rugby union player
- Position held
- president
- Employer
- École pratique des hautes études
- Languages spoken
- French
- Sport
- sailing
- Position played
- prop
- Image
- Jean-Baptiste Charcot.jpg
- Residence
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
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- place of burial
- Montmartre Cemetery
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- date of birth
- 1867-07-15
- date of death
- 1936-09-16
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- Jean-Baptiste Charcot
- name in native language
- Jean-Baptiste Charcot
- manner of death
- accidental death
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- different from
- Jean-Martin Charcot
- cause of death
- shipwrecking
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- French
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Encyclopedic overview
Updated on 2014-02-08
Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃batist ʃaʁko]; 15 July 1867 – 16 September 1936), better known in France as Commandant Charcot (Commander Charcot), was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893). As a sportsman, he was French rugby XV champion in 1896 and also won a double silver medal in sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
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