Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville Birthday

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Happy birthday Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville

Today is Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville's 207th birthday

Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville was born on 25 April, 1817

French printer, bookseller and inventor of the earliest known sound recording device known as the phonautograph.
The oldest recorded human voice is of someone singing the French folk song, “Au clair de la lune”, on the phonautograph.