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Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot (15 July 1867 – 16 September 1936), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893).
Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot (born July 15, 1867, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Fr.—died c. Sept. 16, 1936, at sea off Iceland) was a French explorer and oceanographer who carried out extensive charting in the region of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, souvent appelé Commandant Charcot, né le 15 juillet 1867 à Neuilly-sur-Seine et mort le 16 septembre 1936 en mer (à 30 milles au nord-ouest de Reykjavik), est un médecin, explorateur polaire français et un officier de la marine française.
Jean Charcot. In response to the upsurge of interest and exploration of polar regions in the 1890's, Jean-Baptiste Charcot decided he would represent France in such endeavours. His fortune was to be invested in a voyage to the Arctic in his own ship to be built for the purpose.
July 15th 1867 - September 16th 1936. Jean-Baptiste Etienne Auguste Charcot was born the son of a famous French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot in the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine, France in a house that the family was renting only for the summer at the time, though they did buy and move into it as the family home later.
Oct 27, 2009 · Born in 1867 and trained as a doctor, Jean-Baptiste Charcot gave up a fashionable medical practice to become, in his mid-thirties, France's leading polar explorer.
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One such physician who abandoned medicine to devote his life to the exploration of polar areas was Jean Baptiste Auguste Etienne Charcot. Born at Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris on July...
