Ernest Flammarion

[3][4][5][6][7] Ernest Flammarion is the fourth in a family of six children whose eldest son, Camille, was a famous astronomer.

[6] 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.

[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] 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.