Question: What is the date of death of the founder of Suez Canal Company?

Knowledge 1: Suez Canal Company
The Universal Company of the Maritime Canal of Suez (or simply "Compagnie de Suez" for short) was the corporation that constructed the Suez Canal between 1859 and 1869 and operated it until the 1956 Suez Crisis.It was formed by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1858, and it owned and operated the canal for many years thereafter.Initially, French private investors were the majority of the shareholders, with Egypt also having a significant stake.When Isma'il Pasha became Wāli of Egypt and Sudan in 1863, he refused to adhere to portions of the concessions to the Canal company made by his predecessor Said.The problem was referred during 1864 to the arbitration of Napoleon III, who awarded £3,800,000 (equivalent to £ in) to the company as compensation for the losses they would incur by the changes to the original grant which Ismail demanded.During 1875, a financial crisis forced Isma'il to sell his shares to the government of the United Kingdom for only £3,976,582 (equivalent to £ in).The company operated the canal until its nationalization by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1956, which led to the Suez Crisis.In 1962, Egypt made its final payments for the canal to the Universal Suez Ship Canal Company and took full control of the Suez Canal.Today the canal is owned and operated by the Suez Canal Authority.In 1997, the company merged with to form Suez S.A., which was later merged with Gaz de France on 22 July 2008 to form GDF Suez., which became known as Engie in April, 2015. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Ferdinand de Lesseps
Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, GCSI (19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) 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, which solved the medical problems and changed the design to a non-sea level canal with locks.It was completed in 1914.
Knowledge 1: Suez Canal Company
The Universal Company of the Maritime Canal of Suez (or simply "Compagnie de Suez" for short) was the corporation that constructed the Suez Canal between 1859 and 1869 and operated it until the 1956 Suez Crisis.It was formed by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1858, and it owned and operated the canal for many years thereafter.Initially, French private investors were the majority of the shareholders, with Egypt also having a significant stake.When Isma'il Pasha became Wāli of Egypt and Sudan in 1863, he refused to adhere to portions of the concessions to the Canal company made by his predecessor Said.The problem was referred during 1864 to the arbitration of Napoleon III, who awarded £3,800,000 (equivalent to £ in) to the company as compensation for the losses they would incur by the changes to the original grant which Ismail demanded.During 1875, a financial crisis forced Isma'il to sell his shares to the government of the United Kingdom for only £3,976,582 (equivalent to £ in).The company operated the canal until its nationalization by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1956, which led to the Suez Crisis.In 1962, Egypt made its final payments for the canal to the Universal Suez Ship Canal Company and took full control of the Suez Canal.Today the canal is owned and operated by the Suez Canal Authority.In 1997, the company merged with to form Suez S.A., which was later merged with Gaz de France on 22 July 2008 to form GDF Suez., which became known as Engie in April, 2015. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Alexandre Lavalley
Alexandre-Théodore Lavalley, (October 9, 1821 - July 20, 1892) was an engineer and French politician.Paul Borel and Lavalley were contractors of the Suez Canal Company who designed, built, and operated the dredging machines that finished excavation of the Suez Canal from 1864-1869 after the use of forced labor was disallowed.
Knowledge 1: Suez Canal Company
The Universal Company of the Maritime Canal of Suez (or simply "Compagnie de Suez" for short) was the corporation that constructed the Suez Canal between 1859 and 1869 and operated it until the 1956 Suez Crisis.It was formed by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1858, and it owned and operated the canal for many years thereafter.Initially, French private investors were the majority of the shareholders, with Egypt also having a significant stake.When Isma'il Pasha became Wāli of Egypt and Sudan in 1863, he refused to adhere to portions of the concessions to the Canal company made by his predecessor Said.The problem was referred during 1864 to the arbitration of Napoleon III, who awarded £3,800,000 (equivalent to £ in) to the company as compensation for the losses they would incur by the changes to the original grant which Ismail demanded.During 1875, a financial crisis forced Isma'il to sell his shares to the government of the United Kingdom for only £3,976,582 (equivalent to £ in).The company operated the canal until its nationalization by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1956, which led to the Suez Crisis.In 1962, Egypt made its final payments for the canal to the Universal Suez Ship Canal Company and took full control of the Suez Canal.Today the canal is owned and operated by the Suez Canal Authority.In 1997, the company merged with to form Suez S.A., which was later merged with Gaz de France on 22 July 2008 to form GDF Suez., which became known as Engie in April, 2015. [SEP] Knowledge 2: François Philippe Voisin
François Philippe Voisin, (Voisin-Bey) (May 20, 1821 - March 17, 1918) was a French engineer.He was a graduate of the École Polytechnique, an engineer for the Corps of Bridges, Waters and Forests, and was, from 1861 to 1870, the Chief Engineer for the Suez Canal Company in its construction of the Suez Canal (number 2 in the company after director Ferdinand de Lesseps).

Answer: 7 December 1894