CAMILLE FLAMMARION
\kɐmˈiːl flamˈaɹi͡ən], \kɐmˈiːl flamˈaɹiən], \k_ɐ_m_ˈiː_l f_l_a_m_ˈa_ɹ_iə_n]\
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A French astronomer, writer on descriptive astronomy, and "astronomical novelist"; born in Montigny-le-Roi, Feb. 25, 1842. He was designed by his parents for the Church, but went over to science, and by a long course of writings of a more or less popular character has made his name widely known. "The Plurality of Inhabited Worlds" (1862); "Celestial Wonders" (1865); "The Atmosphere" (1872); "Urania" (1889); and "The Planet Mars and its Habitability" (1892), are his best-known works, not to mention an experiment or two in "romance" of the "astronomical creation".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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