Phileas Fogg was not a real person but rather a character created by French writer Jules Verne for his 1873 novel "Around the World in 80 Days". The novel follows Phileas Fogg and his journey circumnavigating the globe within 80 days, accompanied by a detective named Fix and an Indian princess named Aouda. Jules Verne was known for writing adventure novels and was born in 1828 in France, dying in 1905 at age 77. The summary provides key details about the fictional character Phileas Fogg, the writer Jules Verne, and the plot of traveling around the world within 80 days.