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Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville

French printer (1817–1879).

Born April 25th, 1817 in Paris.

Died April 26th, 1879 at 62 years old in Paris.

Occupations
bookseller, inventor, printer, publisher, recording artist, typographer

Anything I’ve done that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death. Betty Bender