Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Birth Date 1881
Death Date 1955
Personal Name Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Alternate Names
- Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, S.J.
- Pierre T. De Chardin
- P. Teilhard De Chardin
- Pierre Theilhard de Chardin
- Teilhard De Chardin P
French philosopher and Jesuit priest who trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of Peking Man. Teilhard conceived the idea of the Omega Point and developed Vladimir Vernadsky's concept of Noosphere.