Dominique Frémy

Dominique Frémy (5 May 1931, Paris – October 2, 2008, Paris)[1] was the creator of the Quid encyclopedia. His spouse Michèle[2] and son Fabrice participated in writing it as well. Frémy attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school.[3] He was a diplomed student of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (English: Paris Institute of Political Studies) and of the Faculté des lettres de Paris.[4] He was employed by Shell in London, but quit his job to produce a new encyclopedia with his wife, Dominique.[4] It began in 1963, named Quid.