Edmond Desbonnet

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.

Edmond Desbonnet

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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