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.
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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Early French Culture Physique photography by Professor Edmond Desbonnet & others