Excerpt from "Chapter 8—History of the Cannon," in From the Earth to the Moon: Passage Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes Published in 1865; available at Space Educators' Handbook, Johnson Space Center, NASA...

The French novelist and playwright Jules Verne (1828–1905) was born in Nantes on February 8 and died in Amiens on March 24. He is best known for a series of novels published under the inclusive title Voyages extraordinaires (Extraordinary...

(born Feb. 8, 1828, Nantes, France—died March 24, 1905, Amiens) prolific French author whose writings laid much of the foundation of modern science fiction. Verne's father, intending that Jules follow in his footsteps as an attorney, sent him to...

French Science Fiction Novelist 1828-1905 Jules Gabriel Verne, one of the founding fathers of science fiction, was born in Nantes, France, in 1828. He was the eldest son of a successful provincial lawyer. At twelve years of age, Verne ran off to be a...

(born Feb. 8, 1828, Nantes, France—died March 24, 1905, Amiens) French writer. He studied law then worked as a stockbroker while writing plays and stories. The first of his romantic adventures (voyages extraordinaires), Five Weeks in a Balloon...

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