Charles Cros
Also known as Charles Emile-Hortensius Cros
French poet and inventor (1842-1888)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1842
- Died
- 1888
- Works
- 25
Top works
- Charles Cros
- Le coffret de santal
- Oeuvres complètes
- The salt herring
- L'homme propre
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1842-10-01
- Active to
- 1888-08-09
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Charles Cros, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~9 min read
Article
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.