Verne [wern] Jules, ur. 8 II 1828, Nantes, zm. 24 III 1905, Amiens, pisarz francuski;
klasyk science fiction; sławę przyniósł mu obszerny cykl powieści podróżniczych i fantastycznonauk., w których wykorzystał rozległą wiedzę z zakresu geografii, matematyki, fizyki, m.in. trylogia: Dzieci kapitana Granta (t. 1–3 1867–68, wyd. pol. 1876), 20 000 mil podmorskiej żeglugi (t. 1–2 1869–70, wyd. pol. t. 1–2 1870–71) i Tajemnicza wyspa (1874, wyd. pol. t. 1–3 1875–76), ponadto np. W 80 dni dookoła świata (1873, wyd. pol. 1873–74).
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