Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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The Reverend Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ
Born	(1881-05-01)1 May 1881 Orcines, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Died	10 April 1955(1955-04-10) (aged 73) New York City, US
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Paris
Influences	Paul the Apostle John the Evangelist Origen Ignatius of Loyola San Juan de la Cruz[1] David Hume Edward Gibbon Voltaire Jean-Jacques Rousseau Henri Bergson Friedrich Nietzsche[citation needed] Sigmund Freud Karl Marx Charles Darwin
Academic work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Discipline	Western philosophy
School or tradition	Christian philosophy French idealism
Main interests	Philosophy of biology philosophy of religion
Notable works	The Phenomenon of Man (1955) The Divine Milieu (1957)
Notable ideas	Omega Point Noosphere
Influenced	Henri de Lubac Thomas Berry Julian Huxley Theodosius Dobzhansky Pope Benedict XVI Pope Francis Frank Tipler Marshall McLuhan K. H. Ting Brian Swimme John Perry Barlow

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ (French: [pjɛʁ tɛjaʁ də ʃaʁdɛ̃] listen^ⓘ) (1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit, Catholic priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher, and teacher. He was Darwinian and progressive in outlook and the author of several influential theological and philosophical books. His mainstream scientific achievements included taking part in the discovery of Peking Man. His more speculative ideas, sometimes criticized as pseudoscientific, have included a vitalist conception of the Omega Point and the development along with Vladimir Vernadsky of the concept of a noosphere.

In 1962, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith condemned several of Teilhard's works based on their alleged ambiguities and doctrinal errors. Some eminent Catholic figures, including Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, have made positive comments on some of his ideas since. The response to his writings by scientists has been divided. Teilhard served in World War I as a stretcher-bearer. He received several citations, and was awarded the Médaille militaire and the Legion of Honor, the highest French order of merit, both military and civil.