Camille Flammarion

Camille Flammarion
Born
Nicolas Camille Flammarion

(1842-02-26)26 February 1842
Died3 June 1925(1925-06-03) (aged 83)
Spouses
RelativesErnest Flammarion (brother)
"Telefonoscope" from La Fin du Monde, 1894

Nicolas Camille Flammarion FRAS[1] (French: [nikɔla kamij flamaʁjɔ̃]; 26 February 1842 – 3 June 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and works on psychical research and related topics. He also published the magazine L'Astronomie, starting in 1882. He maintained a private observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France.

  1. ^ "Obituary Notices: Fellows:- Flammarion, Camille". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 86: 178. 1926. Bibcode:1926MNRAS..86R.178.. doi:10.1093/mnras/86.4.178a.