American Teilhard Association Membership Events Teilhard Studies Teilhard Perspectives History Teilhard de Chardin Biography Timeline Teilhard's Writings Links	Timeline Dates Principal Events Location Major Works   1881 May 1 Marie - Joseph Pierre Teilhard de Chardin born Sarcenat   1899 March 20 Enters Jesuit noviciate Aix-en-Provence   1902 October First year as a scholastic Jersey     October Geological field trip in Jersey   1905 End of August Leaves for Egypt for required three years teaching in Jesuit college Cairo   1909 October First year of theology Hastings L'eocene des environs de Minieh October Geological field trip with Pere Pellotier The Weald; Jersey   1911 August 24 Ordained priest Hastings   1912 October Begins course under Marcellin Boule at the Museum of Natural History Paris   October Studies phosphorites in Quercy   1914 July Field trip with Jean Boussac Alpes du Dauphine   August Begins tertianship Canterbury   December Called up for service with medical corps Clermont Les carnassiers des phosphorites du Quercy 1915 January Stretcher-bearer (2nd class) in the 8th Moroccan Light Infantry   May -- Ypres Sector   June Transfers to 4th combined regiment of Zouaves and Light Infantry   August -- Arras District   August 29 Mentioned in divisional orders   September 1 Croix de Guerre     1916 January In billets behind the line Nieuport-Ville   March 24 From this date onwards drafts numberous writings La vie cosmique (Ecrits guerre) April 24 Finishes La vie cosmique Dunkirk sector   1919 July Passes certificate in geology Paris l'evangelisation des temps nouveaux 1920 March Passes certificate in zoology Paris   June Preparation of doctoral thesis in geology at the Institut Catholique   July Excavations near Rheims in connection with thesis Rheims   1922 March 22 Oral examination for doctoral thesis Les mammiferes de l'eocene inferieur francais March 22 Assistant Professor of Geology   1923 April 6 To China via Suez, Ceylon, Sumatra, Hong Kong, Shanghai   May Joins Pere Emile Licent, S.J. Tientsin   June First field trip with Licent Ordos   August 6 Writes Mass on the World in the Ordos Deser   1924 April Field trip with Pere Licent Eastern Mongolia   August Joins Professor George Barbour Kalgan   September Returns to France by sea Shanghai   October Resumes courses at Institut Catholique Paris   October Gives retreats for students of Grandes Ecoles   1926 April Leaves for China with Pere Licent and Pere Lejay   November Drafts treatise on spirituality Tientsin   December Visited by Professor Alfred Lacroix of the Museum of Natural History Peking   1927 May-July Field trip with Licent Dalai-Nor (Tari N.)   1929 February Return to China via Jibuti and Ceylon Le sens humain April Accepts post as scientific adviser to Peking Geological Service. Lives with Lazarist Fathers. Works with Dr. Davidson Black and Dr. Wong Wen Hao at Chou-Kou-Tien   December 2 Pei-Wen-Chung, Director of Excavations at Chou-Kou-Tien, discovers the first Sinanthropus skull Chou-Kou-Tien (with C.C. Young) 1930 February Trip with Barbour Shensi, Shansi   May Joins Chapman Andrews expedition Mongolia, Gobi Desert   1931 January Trip to USA to make arrangements for Citroen expedition New York, Chicago   February Return to China via Hawaii and Japan San Francisco   May 8 Joins expedition Kalgan, Gobi Desert   1932 January 1 With the Divine Word Fathers Liangchow (Kansu)   September Return to France for four months Paris   1933 February Leaves for fifth journey to China   July Trip to USA via Pacific route San Francisco, Washington, New York   July Attends International Congress of Geology in Washington   1934 May Yangtze Expedition, and trip to Central Asia with Barbour Yangtze, Hunan, Tsinling Mts.   1935 May Return to France Paris   September Departure for India to join Helmut de Terra Red Sea, Kashmir The Discovery of the Past (Vision of the past) End of December To Java at invitation of Von Koenigswald Batavia, Bandung, Sangiran   1936 January Return to China via Hong Kong and Shanghai Peking   1937 February Trip to USA across Pacific via Honolulu Philadelphia   April Return to France via Atlantic route New York   August 6 Leaves for China from Marseilles on board the D'Artagnan Human Energy (Building the Earth) December To Burma to join Helmut de Terra Rangoon   1938 March Arrival in Java with Helmut de Terra; stays with Von Koenigswald Batavia, Bandung, Surakarta, Trinil, La Solo   May Return to China Peking   June Begins The Phenomenon of Man   September Leaves for USA via Pacific route Vancouver, New York   November Returns to France via Atlantic route Social Heredity and Progress (The Future of Man) 1939 June Return to China via USA   August 30 Arrival in China where he stays until 1946 Peking   1940 May Sets up Institute of Geobiology with Pere Pierre Leroy, S.J.   June Finishes The Phenomenon of Man The Phenomenon of Man   June Publishes several papers on Chou-Kou-Tien   1941 March 3 Lectures at French Embassy on 'The Future of Man as seen by a Paleontologist' Some Reflections on Progress (The Future of Man) 1942 November 15 Exposition of law of complexity - consciousness   Man's Place in the Universe (The Vision of the Past) 1943   Founds journal Geobiologia Peking   1946 May In France. Various activities, including lectures Paris   1947 June 1 Heart attack Paris   1948 March Sixth trip to USA New York   June Return to France Paris   August Stays with his brother, Joseph Les Moulins Comment je vois   October Seeks ecclesiastical approval for publication of The Phenomenon of Man and for appointment to Chair at College de France Rome     November Return to France after negative response to both requests Paris   1949 February Lectures at Sorbonne on Groupe Zoologique humain Paris   October Attends International Congress on Philosophy of Science Paris The Vision of our Past (The Vision of the Past) 1951 July Leaves for South Africa. Breaks journey in England, joins Barbour. Barbour flies to South Africa, Teilhard sails from Southampton London     August 28 Visits sites of Australopithecus, finds with Barbour and van Riet Lowe Johannesburg, Pretoria, Kimberley, Dry Harts Valley   October Visits Hopefield site with Dr. J. Goodwin Cape Town   November Return to USA via Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro New York   December Accepts research post with Wenner Gren Foundation offered by Dr. Paul Fejos   1952 July Trip across USA Chicago   1953 July Second South African trip L'etoffe de l'univers 1954 June In France Paris Species (The Appearance of Man) June 28 Lecture on Africa and origins of man Paris   July Visits Lascaux with Pere Leroy. Last visit to birthplace Lascaux   August Return to USA New York   1955 April 10 Dies on Easter Day Recherche, travail et adoration
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