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Pierre Benoit impressed with his combination of both unswerving Christian faith, and skeptical and open-minded approach to biblical history typical for a scientist, the one side never impeding on the other.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"3 August 1906","date":"1906-08-03"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3383930#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Nancy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40898"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3383930#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"23 April 1987","date":"1987-04-23"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3383930#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Jerusalem","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1218"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3383930#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3383930#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"anthropologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4773904"},{"text":"archaeologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3621491"},{"text":"translator","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333634"},{"text":"Catholic theologian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98833890"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3383930#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"director (1964–1972)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1162163","start":"1964","end":"1972"},{"text":"president","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","date":"1962"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3383930#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Benoit_(theologian)","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3383930"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pierre Benoit born?","a":"Pierre Benoit was born on 3 August 1906 in Nancy."},{"q":"What positions has Pierre Benoit held?","a":"Positions held by Pierre Benoit include: director (1964–1972); president."}],"related":[{"name":"Donald Trump","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/donald-trump"},{"name":"Chanda Kochhar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chanda-kochhar"},{"name":"Evangelos Marinakis","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/evangelos-marinakis"},{"name":"Trevor Hemmings","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/trevor-hemmings"},{"name":"Aliko Dangote","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aliko-dangote"},{"name":"Owen Richardson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/owen-richardson"},{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pierre-benoit-98986b2f87.jpg","width":500,"height":576,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_de_Maurice_dit_Pierre_BENOIT_OP.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pierre Benoit","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Benoit_(theologian)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3383930","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3383930","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Portrait de Maurice dit Pierre BENOIT OP.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_de_Maurice_dit_Pierre_BENOIT_OP.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pierre Benoit, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Portrait de Maurice dit Pierre BENOIT OP.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pierre Benoit\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pierre-benoit. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T08:07:14Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pierre-benoit","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pierre-benoit","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pierre-benoit?lang=ne"}}