Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne was born in the seaport of Nantes, on 8 February 1828. He was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare. He has sometimes been called the "Father of Science Fiction", a title that has also been given to H. G. Wells and Hugo Gernsback.
On 9 March 1886, as Verne was coming home, his twenty-six-year-old nephew, Gaston, shot at him twice with a pistol. The first bullet missed, but the second one entered Verne's left leg, giving him a permanent limp that could not be overcome. This incident was hushed up in the media, but Gaston spent the rest of his life in a mental asylum.
On 24 March 1905, while ill with diabetes, Verne died at his home in Amiens, 44 Boulevard Longueville (now Boulevard Jules-Verne).

Jules Vern (1828-1905)

1872

From the earth to the moon (1865)

Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863)

All Around the Moon (1870)

Floating City (1871)

The Star of the South (1884)