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Édouard Estaunié

French engineer

Died when: 79 years 362 days (959 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Édouard Estaunié

Édouard Estaunié (4 February 1862 in Dijon – 2 April 1942 in Paris) was a French novelist.Estaunié trained as a scientist and engineer, working at the Post and Telepgraph service and training further in Holland, before turning to the novel in 1891.

In 1904, he devised the word "telecommunication".He was elected to the Académie française in 1923.He was also a reviewer, critic, and homme de lettres as well as a novelist.


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