Summary
Ernest Flammarion (French pronunciation: [ɛʁnɛst flamaʁjɔ̃]; May 30, 1846, Montigny-le-Roi - January 21, 1936, Paris) was a French publisher,[1][2] founder of Groupe Flammarion (Flammarion-Marpon Editions).[3][4][5][6][7]
Biography edit
Ernest Flammarion is the fourth in a family of six children whose eldest son, Camille, was a famous astronomer.[6][7] His parents Jules and Françoise Flammarion ran a haberdashery business.[8]
In 1867, he began working in the bookstore business of Mr. Didier in Paris thanks to the recommendation of his brother Camille.[6]
Flammarion Foundation edit
He owes his fame to the publishing house that he founded in association with the Charles Marpon bookstore in 1876,[7] the Flammarion-Marpon editions (now Groupe Flammarion), located in the former Café Voltaire on the Place de l'Odeon in the current 6th arrondissement of Paris. The success of this business is due to the commercial success of Popular Astronomy, his brother's book that he published in 1878. It was a huge bestseller in the late 19th century.[8]
Subsequently, Flammarion Editions turned towards literature by publishing a wide variety of classical, modern authors (Stendhal, Balzac, Gustave Flaubert, Zola, Maupassant, Jules Renard) or more popular authors like Hector Malot, then the catalog was diversified and now covers virtually all publishing sectors with a predilection for popular science and humanities publications.[8]
Posterity of editions edit
The house remained family-run, run by Ernest's son, Charles, then his grandson, Henri Flammarion, who took over in 1967. The last of the family's descendants, Charles-Henri Flammarion ran the company from 1985 to 2000, when it came under the control of the Italian group RCS. The latter then went through a period when he encountered financial difficulties. To bail out, in June 2016, he sold the Flammarion editions to the Gallimard group.[8]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Société des Libraires et Editeurs de la Suisse romande (SLESR)". Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online. doi:10.1163/9789004337862__com_191475. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ Philonenko, Marc (2009-01-01), "Celui qui est, qui était et qui vient (apocalypse de Jean 1, 4)", Le Temps et les Temps, BRILL, pp. 199–207, doi:10.1163/ej.9789004150584.i-294.62, ISBN 978-90-04-15058-4, retrieved 2021-03-05
- ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Publisher: Ernest Flammarion | Open Library". openlibrary.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Ernest Flammarion - Worldcat Identities".
- ^ a b c "Ernest Flammarion". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ a b c "Ernest Flammarion - The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia". www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ a b c d Flammarion, Camille (2014), "Les influences de la Lune", Astronomie populaire, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 222–228, doi:10.1017/cbo9781107252929.016, ISBN 978-1-107-25292-9, retrieved 2021-03-05
External links edit
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- ISNI - International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI - International Standard Name Identifier)