Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville
Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville | |
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Portrait from Les Merveilles de la science by Louis Figuier | |
| Born | 25 April 1817 Paris, France |
| Died | 26 April 1879 (aged 62) Paris, France |
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| Known for | Inventing the earliest known sound recording device |
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.