Edmond Desbonnet
Edmond Desbonnet
Edmond Desbonnet (1867–1953) was a French academic and photographer who championed physical culture. He made physical education fashionable in belle époque France through the publication of fitness journals and by opening a chain of exercise clubs.
Journals[]
- La Culture Physique
- La Santé par les Sports
Books[]
- La Force Physique: traité d’athlétisme Paris: Berger Levrault & Cie (1901)
- Les Rois de la Lutte (1910)
- Les Rois de la Force, (1911, The Kings of Strength)
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- 1867 births
- 1953 deaths
- French academics
- French photographers
- People associated with physical culture
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