Jules Verne

1828 – 1905 · died at about 77^[1][2]

Literature

Fun Facts About Jules Verne

• Jules Verne has been the world's second most-translated author since 1979, behind Agatha Christie and ahead of William Shakespeare.^{[1][3][4][5][6]}
• Captain Nemo was first conceived as a Polish scientist taking revenge on Russians. Verne's publisher objected, not wanting to lose the Russian market, so Nemo's past was left a mystery.^[1]
• The famous story that 11-year-old Verne ran away as a cabin boy to fetch a coral necklace for his cousin is an exaggerated tale invented by his first biographer, his niece.^[1]
• Verne once worked as a stockbroker's associate on the Paris Bourse, getting up early each morning so he could write before work.^[1]
• In 1886 Verne's nephew Gaston shot him in the leg with a pistol, leaving him with a permanent limp. The incident was kept out of the press.^[1]
• Verne's publisher rejected his novel Paris in the Twentieth Century as too pessimistic. Believed lost for some time after Verne's death, it was finally published in 1994.^[1]
• Jules Verne was alive at the same time as Walt Disney — their lives overlapped for 4 years (1901–1905).^[1][2][7][8]
• Jules Verne shares a birthday with Dmitri Mendeleev: both were born on February 8.^{[1][2][9][10]}

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.^[1]

Contemporaries

Susan B. Anthony

77 yr overlap

Florence Nightingale

77 yr overlap

Harriet Tubman

77 yr overlap

Leo Tolstoy

77 yr overlap

Henrik Ibsen

77 yr overlap

Giuseppe Verdi

73 yr overlap

Queen Victoria

73 yr overlap

Dmitri Mendeleev

71 yr overlap

Otto von Bismarck

70 yr overlap

Mark Twain

70 yr overlap

Andrew Carnegie

70 yr overlap

Frederick Douglass

67 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Jules Verne

When was Jules Verne born?

Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828, and died on March 24, 1905.

How old was Jules Verne at death?

Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828, and died on March 24, 1905, at age 77.

What was Jules Verne known for?

Jules Verne was known for: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

Who was alive at the same time as Jules Verne?

Jules Verne's closest contemporary was Susan B. Anthony. Their lives overlapped for 77 years.