Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne (French pronunciation: [ʒyl vɛʁn]; February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical m... More

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  • Feb 8, 1828

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  • Mar 24, 1905 (age 77 years)

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  • Jules Gabriel Verne,
  • Verne,
  • J. Verne,
  • Julio Verne,
  • Júlio Verne,
  • The Father of Science Fiction

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  • Jan 10, 1857
  • Mar 24, 1905

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Around the World with Willy Fog

Around the World with Willy Fog (Spanish: La vuelta al mundo de Willy Fog) is a cartoon adaptation of Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. The cartoon was produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional with animation by Japanese studio Nippon Animation. In the same vein as BRB's Dogtanian...

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  • 1999
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  • Person

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  • He is regarded as one of the founders of the genre of science fiction.

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  • literature

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  • writer
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