T.-P. Danger

T.-P. Danger is known for L'art du souffleur à la lampe, a French manual on lampworking and the making of glass apparatus, published in 1829. An 1831 English version, The Art of Glass-Blowing, presents him simply as "a French artist" and describes him as working in Paris, where he prepared glass instruments for sale and taught others how to make them.

That book is the main confirmed source of information about him, so very little personal biography can be stated with confidence. What does come through clearly is his practical expertise: he wrote detailed instructions for producing items such as thermometers, barometers, siphons, and other glass tools used in chemistry and experimental science.

Today, Danger is best approached not as a famous literary figure but as a skilled artisan-author whose work preserved workshop methods that might otherwise have been lost. For modern readers, his book offers both a manual of craft and a vivid glimpse of early 19th-century scientific making.