Edmond Desbonnet

French academic and photographer

Edmond Desbonnet

Edmond Desbonnet

Born| 1867

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

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* La Culture Physique
* La Santé par les Sports

## Books

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* 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 Archived 2018-01-09 at the Wayback Machine

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Physical culture

Antecedents|

* Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths
* Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
* Johann Baptist Krebs
* Pehr Henrik Ling
* Franz Nachtegall
* Francisco Amorós y Ondeano
* Adolf Spiess
* Thomas Topham

Systems|

| Western|

| European|

* Bert Assirati
* William Bankier
* Edward William Barton-Wright
* Zishe Breitbart
* Niels Bukh
* Victor Dane
* François Delsarte
* Edmond Desbonnet
* Launceston Elliot
* Tony Emmott
* Juan Ferrero
* Eileen Fowler
* Bob Fitzsimmons
* Gustav Frištenský
* Edith Margaret Garrud
* Hermann Görner
* George Hackenschmidt
* Georges Hébert
* Oscar Heidenstam
* F. A. Hornibrook
* Thomas Inch
* John Lees
* Dan McLeod
* Jørgen Peter Müller
* Hartvig Nissen
* Reg Park
* William Pullum
* Joan Rhodes
* Eugen Sandow
* Arthur Saxon
* Clara Schlaffhorst
* Sokol
* Mary Bagot Stack
* Lionel Strongfort
* Maxalding
* Maxick
* Monte Saldo
* Vulcana
* Ronald Walker
* Emily Diana Watts
* Freddie Welsh

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New World|

* Marguerite Agniel
* Charles Atlas
* Clarence Bass
* Sanford Bennett
* Pierre Bernard
* Mark Berry
* Joe Bonomo
* George Brosius
* Drexel Biddle
* Marie Bjelke Petersen
* William Blaikie
* Paul Bragg
* Alan Calvert
* Edwin Checkley
* C. Ward Crampton
* Jack Delinger
* Ludwig Durlacher
* George Eiferman
* Carrica Le Favre
* Keene Fitzpatrick
* Mark Forest
* Ed Fury
* John B. Gagnon
* Vince Gironda
* Joe Greenstein
* John Grimek
* Milo Hastings
* Roy Hilligenn
* Bob Hoffman
* George F. Jowett
* Annette Kellerman
* Siegmund Klein
* Jack LaLanne
* W. R. C. Latson
* Diocletian Lewis
* Gilman Low
* Dan Lurie
* Bernarr Macfadden
* Artie McGovern
* William Muldoon
* Ralph Parcaut
* Kid Parker
* Harry Paschall
* Bill Pearl
* Steve Reeves
* Leo Robert
* Joe Rollino
* Tony Sansone
* Dudley Allen Sargent
* Larry Scott
* Amos Alonzo Stagg
* Genevieve Stebbins
* Alois P. Swoboda
* Armand Tanny
* Vic Tanny
* John Terpak
* Warren Lincoln Travis
* Al Treloar
* Turners

Indian|

| Bodybuilding|

* Manohar Aich
* Ramesh Balsekar
* The Great Gama
* B. C. Ghosh
* Ambika Charan Guha
* Jatindra Charan Guho
* Guru Hanuman
* K. V. Iyer
* Kodi Rammurthy Naidu
* Chandgi Ram
* Monotosh Roy

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Yogic|

* Krishnamacharya
* Kuvalayananda
* Seetharaman Sundaram
* Shri Yogendra
* Tiruka
* Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao

Related|

* Battle of the Systems
* Fitness culture
* Gymnastics
* Muscular religion
* Yoga as exercise
* Natural hygiene
* Pilates

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Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Latvia

Artists|

* RKD Artists
* Musée d'Orsay
* Photographers' Identities

Other|

* IdRef

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