Camille Flammarion was born on February 26, 1842 in Montigny-le-Roi, Haute Marne, France as Nicolas Camille Flammarion. He was a writer, known for La fin du monde (1931). He was married to Gabrielle Renaudot and Sylvie Petiaux-Hugo. He died on June 3, 1925 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France.