Joseph Sauveur

1653 – 1716 France

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Who was Joseph Sauveur?

French mathematician and founder of the science of acoustics (1653–1716)

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Joseph Sauveur (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born

La Flèche

Died

1716

Paris

Nationality

Zodiac Sign

Aries

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