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Re: Inspired by Jules Verne

From: k.gucwa <k.gucwa~at~wp.pl>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:41:36 +0100
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Dear Garmt and fellow Vernians,

In a small biography "The Man Who Invented The Future: Jules Verne" by
Franz Born (the German title: Der Mann der die Zukunft erfand,
published by Prentice Hall 1963) one can find the following names and
facts:

- Simon Lake - a submarine
- Roald Amundsen
- admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd
- the United States Navy first atomic submarine was christend Nautilus
- Louis H. Lyautey - a marshal of France
- the Pope Leo XIII
- training courses in survival for air and naval crews (since 1947)
- the Czar of Russia
- the Emperor William II
- a French author Jean Cocteau - a trip around the world, 1936.

IHIH.
Best from Manchester,
Krzysztof


Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 9:24:37 AM, you wrote:

> Dear fellow Vernians,

> A friend of mine, Anton van der Steen of the Dutch JV Society, sent me the
> following question.

> Anton collects stamps related (directly or remotely) to Jules Verne, and
> is now going to expand his collection to persons who have been inspired by
> Jules Verne's books to take up a certain profession or to invent
> something. He cites some examples:

> Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard, Hermann Oberth and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
> were inspired by "De la Terre a la Lune".
> "Robur-le-Conquerant" supposedly inspired Igor Sikorsky to build the first
> working helicopter.
> Norbert Casteret took up speleology after reading "Voyage au centre de la
> Terre".
> Alberto Santos Dumont did many experiments with airships, apparently after
> reading "Cinq semaines en ballon" (and all other JV novels, before the age
> of 10).

> Anton wondered if there is an overview of people who were inspired in this
> way by Jules Verne's stories. I can't think of any, so I thought I'd
> forward his question to the Forum. It might be instructive to compile such
> a list ourselves.

> Of course, it's always tricky to establish whether someone was really
> inspired by JV, or just happened to do something similar to what Verne
> described. One would need to see interviews, citations from books, or
> other hard evidence, and this may not always be easy to find.

> Ideas and suggestions are welcome!

> Cheers,
> Garmt.
Received on Thu 19 Apr 2007 - 07:52:59 IDT

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