Camille Flammarion
1842 – 1925 · aged 83
French astronomer and author (1842–1925)
- Born
- 26 Feb 1842 · Val-de-Meuse
- Died
- 3 Jun 1925 · Juvisy-sur-Orge
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- 26 Feb 1842BornBorn in Val-de-Meuse
- 1880AwardMontyon Prize
- 1882AwardOfficier de l'Instruction publique
- 1887AwardImperial Order of the Rose
- 1896AwardOrder of Charles III
- 1897AwardPrix Jules Janssen
- 1900AwardOrder of Isabella the Catholic
- 1922AwardCommander of the Legion of Honour
- 3 Jun 1925DiedDied in Juvisy-sur-Orge
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
Biography
Nicolas Camille Flammarion FRAS (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 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.
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