Émile Baudot

Émile Baudot
Émile Baudot
	Émile Baudot
Born	11 September 1845; Magneux, Haute-Marne, France
Died	28 March 1903 (aged 57); Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Engineer
Spouse	Marie Josephine Adelaide Langrognet
	Engineering career
Projects	Baudot code
Significant advance	telecommunications
Awards	Gold medal of the Exposition Universelle (1878); Knight's Cross of the Légion d'honneur, 1879; Officer of the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur, 1898;

Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (French: [eˈmil boˈdo]; 11 September 1845 – 28 March 1903), French telegraph engineer and inventor of the first means of digital communication Baudot code, was one of the pioneers of telecommunications. He invented a multiplexed printing telegraph system that used his code and allowed multiple transmissions over a single line. The baud unit was named after him.

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