A French departmental inspector of national education and educational writer, Jean Palmero published numerous works for teachers and pupils with the school publisher Sudel, including a History of Pedagogical Institutions and Doctrines through Texts and the professional handbook Mon premier poste. He led the team of authors behind the documentary album La conquête de l'espace (1972), a volume in the Voyages à travers le monde series. His birth and death dates are not documented.