Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the genre of science-fiction. He is best known for his novels Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).
Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of space travel had been devised.
He is the second most translated author of all time, behind Agatha Christie. His prominent novels have been made into films. Verne, along with H. G. Wells, is often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction".
Jean-François Paschal Grousset, né le 7 avril 1844 à Corte (Corse) et mort le 9 avril 1909 à Saint-Mandé (Val-de-Marne) - connu également sous les pseudonymes Docteur Flavius, André Laurie, Philippe Daryl, Léopold Virey et Tiburce Moray - est un journaliste, homme politique et écrivain français.
Il a eu une vie très mouvementée et une formation variée. Il participe activement à la Commune de Paris, avant de devenir député de la Troisième République.