Wilfrid de Fonvielle

Wilfrid de Fonvielle (1824 – 1914) was a French science writer and balloonist.

He published hundreds of articles for technical and scientific journals such as L'Aérophile, La Nature, la Revue Scientifique, La Science illustrée, and L'électricité.

[1] In 1858 he spent two days in a balloon, and in 1869 he traveled 90 km with Gaston Tissandier in 35 minutes.

During the siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War, he escaped from the city in a balloon and went to London.

His brothers, Arthur (1830–1914) and Ulrich (1833–1911), were political journalists.