Jules Verne (1828โ1905) was a French author best known for his tales of adventure, includingย Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea,ย Journey to the Center of the Earth, andย Around the World in Eighty Days. A true visionary, Verne foresaw the skyscraper, the submarine, and the airplane, among many other inventions, and is now regarded as one of the fathers of science fiction.