Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well-researched according to the scientific knowledge then available, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time.
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| Full name at birth | Jules Gabriel Verne
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| Claim to fame | Prophetic novelist who wrote such works as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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| Date of birth | 8 February 1828
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| Place of birth | Nantes, France
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| Date of death | 24 March 1905
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| Age | 77 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Amiens, France
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| Cause of death | Complications of Diabetes
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| Resting place | La Madeleine cemetery, Amiens, France
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| Occupation | Novelist, poet, playwright
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| University | University of Paris
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