Edmond Desbonnet
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

• 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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