Edmond Desbonnet

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)