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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Pierre Teilhard de ChardinBorn: 1-May-1881
Birthplace: Sarcenat, France
Died: 10-Apr-1955
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Jesuit Seminary, St. Andrews-on-Hudson, NY

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Philosopher, Paleontologist

Nationality: France
Executive summary: The Phenomenon of Man

Military service: Moroccan Army (WWI, 8th riflemen regiment)

    High School: Mongré, Villefranche-sur-Saône (a Jesuit College)
    University: (a Jesuit novitiate, Aix-en-Provence)
    Professor: Physics, Jesuit College of the Holy Family, Cairo (1905-08)
    University: ScD, Catholic Institute of Paris (1922)

    French Legion of Honor

Author of books:
Le Phénomène humain (1955)
L'Apparition de l'homme (1956, essays)
La Vision du passé (1957)
Le Milieu divin (1957)
Science et Christ (1965)



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