What key details about ferdinand de lesseps can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: ferdinand marie , vicomte de lesseps gcsi -lrb- ; 19 november 1805 -- 7 december 1894 -rrb- was a french diplomat and later developer of the suez canal , which in 1869 joined the mediterranean and red seas , substantially reducing sailing distances and times between europe and east asia . he attempted to repeat this success with an effort to build a panama canal at sea-level during the 1880s , but the project was devastated by epidemics of malaria and yellow fever in the area , as well as beset by financial problems , and the planned de lesseps panama canal was never completed . eventually , the project was bought out by the united states who changed the design to a non-sea-level canal with locks , which was completed in 1914 .
- death place is guilly , french republic- residences is italy , france , spain , portugal , tunisia- citizenship is france- death date is 7 december 1894- ethnicity is french- significant projects is suez canal , panama canal- workplaces is egypt , panama , portugal , tunisia- works is '' recollections of forty years '' -lrb- 1887 -rrb-- awards is albert medal -lrb- 1870 -rrb-- birth date is 19 november 1805- name is ferdinand de lesseps- image size is 250px- image is ferdinand de lesseps.jpg- birth place is versailles , french empire- alma mater is college of henry iv , paris- occupation is diplomat , entrepreneur