Edmond Desbonnet | |
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![]() Edmond Desbonnet | |
Born | 1867 |
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
[edit]- La Culture Physique
- La Santé par les Sports
Books
[edit]- 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)