Charles Cros
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French poet and inventor (1842-1888)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1842-10-01 ) 1 October 1842, Fabrezan , Aude, France
- Died
- 9 August 1888 (1888-08-09) (aged 45), Paris
- Known for
- Poetry, Monologues, Paleophone sound reproduction, Color photography methods, Fax transmission methods
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Fabrezan
- Place of death
- Paris
- Sibling
- Henry Cros
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Image
- Charles Cros.jpg
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- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- Commons category
- Charles Cros
- date of birth
- 1842-10-01
- date of death
- 1888-08-09
- name in native language
- Charles Cros
- writing language
- French
- birth name
- Jean Émile Hortensius Joseph Cros
- commemorates
- Académie Charles Cros
Sources (3)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Charles Cros, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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