Édouard Estaunié

Édouard Estaunié (4 February 1862 in Dijon – 2 April 1942 in Paris) was a French novelist. Estaunié trained as a scientist and engineer, working at the Post and Telegraph service and training further in Holland, before turning to the novel in 1891. In 1904, he devised the word "telecommunication" in his ''Traité pratique de télécommunication électrique''. He was elected to the Académie française in 1923. He was also a reviewer, critic, and ''homme de lettres'' as well as a novelist. Provided by Wikipedia