Family Child
Guy-Charles Cros
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q356575 · wikidata
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Charles Cros
1842-10-01 – 1888-08-09
Life & Legacy
Charles Cros or Émile-Hortensius-Charles Cros (1 October 1842 – 9 August 1888) was a French poet and inventor. He was born in Fabrezan, Aude.
Cros was a well-regarded poet and humorous writer. As an inventor, he was interested in the fields of transmitting graphics by telegraph and making photographs in color, but he is perhaps best known for being the first person to conceive a method for reproducing recorded sound, an invention he named the paleophone.
Charles Cros died in Paris at the age of 45.
Occupation & Career
poet, photographer, inventor, writer, physicist, librettist
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Family Sibling
Antoine-Hippolyte Cros
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q356575 · wikidata
Family Sibling
Henry Cros
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q356575 · wikidata
Family & Relationships
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q2853485 — wikidata View source
- Wikidata population candidate Q356575 — wikidata View source
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