Edmond Jurien de La Gravière
Edmond Jurien de La Gravière | |
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| Born | 19 November 1812 Brest (France) |
| Died | 5 March 1892 (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Montmartre Cemetery |
| Occupation | Writer, officer |
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| Position held | seat 6 of the Académie française (1888–1889), president of the French Academy of Sciences (1886–1886) |
| Rank | vice admiral |
| Branch | French Navy |
Jean Pierre Edmond Jurien de La Gravière (19 November 1812 in Brest, Finistère – 5 March 1892) was a French admiral, son of Admiral Pierre Roch Jurien de La Gravière, who served through the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars and was a peer of France under Louis-Philippe.