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  2. Groupe Flammarion - Wikipedia

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    Groupe Flammarion (French: [gʁup flamaʁjɔ̃]) is a French publishing group, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops (La Hune and Flammarion Center). Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000.

  3. Flammarion engraving - Wikipedia

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    The Flammarion engraving is a wood engraving by an unknown artist. Its first documented appearance is in the book L'atmosphère : météorologie populaire ("The Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology"), published in 1888 by the French astronomer and writer Camille Flammarion .

  4. Camille Flammarion Observatory - Wikipedia

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    It houses Camille Flammarion's equatorial mount refracting telescope, which has a diameter of 240 mm and a focal length of 3600 mm. The telescope was built by Denis Albert Bardou, a Parisian optics manufacturer. Flammarion's choice of the telescope was inspired by a similar instrument in the west tower of the Paris Observatory. [6]

  5. Camille Flammarion - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Ernest Flammarion - Wikipedia

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    Ernest Flammarion is the fourth in a family of six children whose eldest son, Camille, was a famous astronomer. [6] [7] His parents Jules and Françoise Flammarion ran a haberdashery business. [8] In 1867, he began working in the bookstore business of Mr. Didier in Paris thanks to the recommendation of his brother Camille. [6]

  7. Flammarion - Wikipedia

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    Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer and author; Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1877–1962), French astronomer, second wife of Camille Flammarion; Sylvie Flammarion (1836-1919), French feminist and pacifist, first wife of Camille Flammarion; Flammarion engraving by unknown artist; appeared in a book by Camille Flammarion

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  9. Charles-Henri Flammarion - Wikipedia

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    Flammarion studied at the Faculté de droit et des sciences économiques de Paris, Columbia University, Sciences Po, and the Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant. He served as President and Director General of J'ai lu from 1982 to 2003, Fluide Glacial from 1990 to 2003 and of Casterman from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the bureau of the Syndicat ...