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{{short description|French scientist}} | {{short description|French polar explorer, scientist, Olympic sailer and medical doctor}} | ||
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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Jean-Baptiste Auguste Étienne Charcot | | name = Jean-Baptiste Auguste Étienne Charcot | ||
| image = Jean-Baptiste Charcot.jpg | | image = Jean-Baptiste Charcot.jpg | ||
| caption = | | caption = Charcot in 1925 | ||
| birth_date = {{birth-date|15 July 1867}} | | birth_date = {{birth-date|15 July 1867}} | ||
| birth_place = ], France | | birth_place = ], France | ||
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| death_place = at sea, off ] | | death_place = at sea, off ] | ||
| nationality = French | | nationality = French | ||
| occupation = Polar explorer, doctor | | occupation = Polar explorer, medical doctor, Olympian, scientist | ||
| known_for = | | known_for = his polar explorations | ||
| spouse = Jeanne Hugo | | spouse = ] (1896–1905; div.) | ||
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'''Jean-Baptiste |
'''Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot''', better known in France as '''Commandant Charcot''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot {{!}} French explorer and oceanographer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Baptiste-Etienne-Auguste-Charcot |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jean-Baptiste Charcot |url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Jean-Baptiste+Charcot |website=thefreedictionary.com |publisher=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition |access-date=12 June 2018 |date=1970–1979}}</ref> (15 July 1867 in ] near ] – 16 September 1936 at sea (30 miles north-west of ], ]), was a French scientist, ] and ]. His father was the ] ] (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. | |||
==Life== | ==Life== | ||
Jean-Baptiste Charcot was appointed leader of the ] with the ship ''Français'' exploring the west coast of ] from 1904 until 1907. The expedition reached ] in 1905 and took pictures of the ] and ]. From 1908 until 1910, another expedition followed with the ship '']'', exploring the ] and the ] and discovering ], ] and ], which was named after his father, ].<ref name= CharcotCharcot>{{cite journal |author=Haas LF |title=Jean Martin Charcot (1825–93) and Jean Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936) |journal=J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry |volume=71 |issue=4 |pages=524 |date=October 2001 |pmid=11561039 |pmc=1763526 |doi=10.1136/jnnp.71.4.524}} and | Jean-Baptiste Charcot was appointed leader of the ] with the ship ''Français'' exploring the west coast of ] from 1904 until 1907. The expedition reached ] in 1905 and took pictures of the ] and ]. From 1908 until 1910, another expedition followed with the ship '']'', exploring the ] and the ] and discovering ], ], ] and ], which was named after his father, ].<ref name= CharcotCharcot>{{cite journal |author=Haas LF |title=Jean Martin Charcot (1825–93) and Jean Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936) |journal=J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry |volume=71 |issue=4 |pages=524 |date=October 2001 |pmid=11561039 |pmc=1763526 |doi=10.1136/jnnp.71.4.524}} and | ||
</ref> | </ref> He named ] after ], the grandfather of his wife, ]. | ||
Later on, Jean-Baptiste Charcot explored ] in 1921 and Eastern ] and ] from 1925 until 1936. He died when ''Pourquoi-Pas?'' was wrecked in a storm off the coast of ] in 1936. |
Later on, Jean-Baptiste Charcot explored ] in 1921 and Eastern ] and ] from 1925 until 1936. He died when ''Pourquoi-Pas ?'' was wrecked in a storm off the coast of ] in 1936. | ||
Charcot participated in many sports. He won two silver medals in sailing at the ].<ref>{{cite book |author=Bill Mallon |title=The 1900 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland |year=2009 |orig-year=1997 |isbn=9780786440641 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CHYwCgAAQBAJ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61586 |title=Jean-Baptiste Charcot |work=Olympedia |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> | |||
== Dedications == | |||
], 2016 (80 x 120 cm, Acrylic and pencil).]] | |||
A monument to Charcot was created in ], Iceland by sculptor ] in 1936 and another by ] in 1952. | |||
Charcot has had various places and things named after him: | |||
* '']'', a ] genus<ref name="Søchting et al. 2014">{{cite journal |last1=Søchting |first1=Ulrik |last2=Garrido-Benavent |first2=Isaac |last3=Seppelt |first3=Rod |last4=Castello |first4=Miris |last5=Pérez-Ortega |first5=Sergio |last6=De Los Ríos Murillo |first6=Asunción |last7=Sancho |first7=Leopoldo Garcia |last8=Frödén |first8=Patrik |last9=Arup |first9=Ulf |title=''Charcotiana'' and ''Amundsenia'', two new genera in Teloschistaceae (lichenized Ascomycota, subfamily Xanthorioideae) hosting two new species from continental Antarctica, and ''Austroplaca frigida'', a new name for a continental Antarctic species |journal=The Lichenologist |volume=46 |issue=6 |year=2014 |pages=763–782 |doi=10.1017/S0024282914000395}}</ref> | |||
* ], Antarctica | |||
* ], an abyssal fan in the Southern Ocean | |||
* ], a peninsula in Greenland | |||
* '']'', an icebreaking cruise ship | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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* ''Le "Pourquoi pas?" dans l'Antarctique 1908–1910'', Arthaud, Paris, 1996, {{ISBN|2-7003-1088-8}} | * ''Le "Pourquoi pas?" dans l'Antarctique 1908–1910'', Arthaud, Paris, 1996, {{ISBN|2-7003-1088-8}} | ||
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French polar explorer, scientist, Olympic sailer and medical doctorYou can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (June 2018) Click for important translation instructions.
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Charcot in 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | 15 July 1867 (1867-07-15) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 September 1936 (1936-09-17) (aged 69) at sea, off Iceland | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Polar explorer, medical doctor, Olympian, scientist | |||||||||||||||||
Known for | his polar explorations | |||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Jeanne Hugo (1896–1905; div.) | |||||||||||||||||
Sports career | ||||||||||||||||||
Sailing career | ||||||||||||||||||
Class(es) | 0 to 0.5 ton Open class | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, better known in France as Commandant Charcot, (15 July 1867 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris – 16 September 1936 at sea (30 miles north-west of Reykjavik, Iceland), 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.
Life
Jean-Baptiste Charcot was appointed leader of the French Antarctic Expedition with the ship Français exploring the west coast of Graham Land from 1904 until 1907. The expedition reached Adelaide Island in 1905 and took pictures of the Palmer Archipelago and Loubet Coast. From 1908 until 1910, another expedition followed with the ship Pourquoi Pas ?, exploring the Bellingshausen Sea and the Amundsen Sea and discovering Loubet Land, Marguerite Bay, Mount Boland and Charcot Island, which was named after his father, Jean-Martin Charcot. He named Hugo Island after Victor Hugo, the grandfather of his wife, Jeanne Hugo.
Later on, Jean-Baptiste Charcot explored Rockall in 1921 and Eastern Greenland and Svalbard from 1925 until 1936. He died when Pourquoi-Pas ? was wrecked in a storm off the coast of Iceland in 1936.
Charcot participated in many sports. He won two silver medals in sailing at the Summer Olympics of 1900.
Dedications
A monument to Charcot was created in Reykjavík, Iceland by sculptor Einar Jónsson in 1936 and another by Ríkarður Jónsson in 1952.
Charcot has had various places and things named after him:
- Charcotiana, a lichen genus
- Charcot Bay, Antarctica
- Charcot Fan, an abyssal fan in the Southern Ocean
- Charcot Land, a peninsula in Greenland
- Le Commandant Charcot, an icebreaking cruise ship
References
- "Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot | French explorer and oceanographer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- "Jean-Baptiste Charcot". thefreedictionary.com. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. 1970–1979. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- Haas LF (October 2001). "Jean Martin Charcot (1825–93) and Jean Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936)". J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry. 71 (4): 524. doi:10.1136/jnnp.71.4.524. PMC 1763526. PMID 11561039. and here.
- Bill Mallon (2009) . The 1900 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 19. ISBN 9780786440641.
- "Jean-Baptiste Charcot". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- Søchting, Ulrik; Garrido-Benavent, Isaac; Seppelt, Rod; Castello, Miris; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; De Los Ríos Murillo, Asunción; Sancho, Leopoldo Garcia; Frödén, Patrik; Arup, Ulf (2014). "Charcotiana and Amundsenia, two new genera in Teloschistaceae (lichenized Ascomycota, subfamily Xanthorioideae) hosting two new species from continental Antarctica, and Austroplaca frigida, a new name for a continental Antarctic species". The Lichenologist. 46 (6): 763–782. doi:10.1017/S0024282914000395.
- Le "Pourquoi pas?" dans l'Antarctique 1908–1910, Arthaud, Paris, 1996, ISBN 2-7003-1088-8
External links
- Jean-Baptiste Charcot at Olympics.com
- Jean-Baptiste Charcot at Olympedia
- Sur les traces du "Pourquoi-Pas?"
- Icelandic website in memory of Jean-Babtiste Charcot"
- Newspaper clippings about Jean-Baptiste Charcot in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
- Funeral of Charcot and his men in front of the Notre Dame, Paris, 1936
- Board in memory of Charcot. Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland
- The Pourquoi-Pas?, Charcot's ship
- Adelaide Island viewed from the west
- Location of where The Pourquoi-Pas stranded
- 1867 births
- 1936 deaths
- Captains who went down with the ship
- Scientists from Neuilly-sur-Seine
- French explorers
- Explorers of Antarctica
- Explorers of the Arctic
- Graham Land
- Charcot family
- 20th-century French physicians
- Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Academic staff of the École pratique des hautes études
- Members of the French Academy of Sciences
- Recipients of the Cullum Geographical Medal
- Burials at Montmartre Cemetery
- Antarctic Peninsula
- French male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – 0 to .5 ton
- Olympic sailors for France
- Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Accidental deaths in Iceland
- Sportspeople from Hauts-de-Seine
- Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Open class