Édouard-Alfred Martel

French cave explorer.

Born July 1st, 1859 in Pontoise. [ref]

Died June 3rd, 1938 at 78 years old in Montbrison.

Occupations
explorer, lawyer, speleologist

Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir