author
Amédée Guillemin
1826–1893
A lively popularizer of science in 19th-century France, he turned astronomy and the physical world into exciting reading for general audiences. His books helped bring subjects like the sky, the Moon, and the Sun within reach of curious readers far beyond the classroom.
1 Audiobook
Cosmografía
by Amédée Guillemin
About the author
Born in Pierre-de-Bresse, France, in 1826, Amédée Victor Guillemin became known as a French science writer and journalist. He studied at Beaune and later in Paris, and in the 1850s taught mathematics while also writing for the liberal press.
He is best remembered for making science approachable. From the 1860s onward he published widely read works of popular science, including books on the heavens, the Moon, and the Sun, written for readers who wanted clear explanations rather than technical detail.
Guillemin died in his hometown in 1893. Today he is remembered as one of the writers who helped open up modern scientific knowledge to a broad reading public in the 19th century.