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Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville

1817 - 1879

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Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville ([e.dwaʁ.le.ɔ̃ skɔt də maʁ.tɛ̃.vil]; 25 April 1817 – 26 April 1879) was a French printer, bookseller and inventor. He invented the earliest known sound recording device, the phonautograph, which was patented in France on 25 March 1857. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville is the 131st most popular inventor (up from 152nd in 2019), the 1,570th most popular biography from France (up from 1,975th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville ranks 131 out of 426. Before him are Paul Otlet, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., André Michelin, Alfred Krupp, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., and Robert Adler. After him are W. O. Bentley, Percy Spencer, Elisha Gray, Josef Ressel, Hugo Schmeisser, and Zénobe Gramme.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville ranks 23. Before him are Theodor Storm, Hermann Lotze, Pierre Larousse, Austen Henry Layard, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, and Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen. After him are Albert von Kölliker, Jung Bahadur Rana, Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Antonio de Torres Jurado, and José Zorrilla. Among people deceased in 1879, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville ranks 16. Before him are Maria Teresa of Savoy, Gottfried Semper, Charles De Coster, Julia Margaret Cameron, Ludwig Reichenbach, and August Grisebach. After him are Jón Sigurðsson, Johann Friedrich von Brandt, Heinrich Geißler, Sher Ali Khan, August Bournonville, and Camille Doncieux.

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In France

Among people born in France, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville ranks 1,570 out of 6,770. Before him are Maria Francisca of Savoy (1646), Richardis (840), Alain Juppé (1945), Chris Marker (1921), La Voisin (1640), and Joseph Avenol (1879). After him are Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1464), Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Guy de Chauliac (1300), Lolo Ferrari (1963), Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746), and Jean-François Le Sueur (1760).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville ranks 19. Before him are Alphonse Bertillon (1853), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844), Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), Clément Ader (1841), and André Michelin (1853). After him are Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Louis Le Prince (1841), Henri Giffard (1825), Joseph Monier (1823), Guillaume Amontons (1663), and Charles Cros (1842).

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