Abstract
THE death of M. de Lesseps, on Friday last, removes from the world one of its more prominent men. To say that it was his indefatigable energy which brought to a successful termination the scheme to pierce the Isthmus of Suez, is but to repeat what is known to every schoolboy. With the affairs that during the last two years have obscured his fame to the political eye we have nothing to do. The work which earned for him the title of “Le Grand Français” is sufficient to command the admiration of every man of science. The appreciative obituary notice in the Times, running into nearly four columns, deals largely with de Lesseps' diplomatic Career, but this does not concern us. We are indebted to the notice, however, for some of the following particulars of interest to our readers.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Ferdinand De Lesseps. Nature 51, 155–156 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/051155a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/051155a0