<p>Born Feb. 26, 1842, in France, Camille Flammarion started early on what would be a long literary and scientific career: At only 16 years old, he wrote a 500-page tome entitled Cosmologie Universelle. The same year, Flammarion obtained a position as an assistant at the Paris Observatory and after a five-year break in his career<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/feb-26-1842-the-birth-of-camille-flammarion/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Feb. 26, 1842: The birth of Camille Flammarion"</span></a></p>
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Born Feb. 26, 1842, in France, Camille Flammarion started early on what would be a long literary and scientific career: At only 16 years old, he wrote a 500-page tome entitled Cosmologie Universelle. The same year, Flammarion obtained a position as an assistant at the Paris Observatory and after a five-year break in his careerContinue reading “Feb. 26, 1842: The birth of Camille Flammarion”
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