Adolphe Sax
Belgian inventor and musician
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba, and redesigned the bass clarinet in a fashion still used to... Wikipedia
Born: November 6, 1814, Dinant, Belgium
Died: February 7, 1894 (age 79 years), Paris, France
Known for: Inventor of the saxophone
Children: Adolph-Edouard Sax
Education: Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
Parents: Charles-Joseph Sax and Marie-Joseph Masson
Burial place: Montmartre Cemetery (Cimetière de Montmartre), Paris, France; 48°53′16″N 2°19′49″E / 48.88778°N 2.33028°E