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Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla

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French engineer

FranceScientistsLived 1859 to 1940 · aged 80
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Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla was a French engineer, soldier and political lobbyist. With the assistance of American lobbyist and lawyer William Nelson Cromwell, Bunau-Varilla greatly influenced Washington's decision concerning the construction site for the Panama Canal.

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1938Marcelin Guérin Prize
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Croix de guerre 1914-1918

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Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla was a French engineer, soldier and political lobbyist. With the assistance of American lobbyist and lawyer William Nelson Cromwell, Bunau-Varilla greatly influenced Washington's decision concerning the construction site for the Panama Canal. He worked closely with President Theodore Roosevelt in the latter's orchestration of the Panamanian Revolution, and represented Panama in the treaty negotiations leading to the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (1903).

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France
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1859 to 1940 · aged 80
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13 languages

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