Jean-Maurice-Emile Baudot

Name: Jean-Maurice-Emile Baudot

Born: September 11, 1845, in Magneux, Haute-Marne, France

Death: March 28, 1903 (Age: 58)

Computer-related contributions

• French telegraph engineer and communications pioneer.
• Invented the Baudot code in 1874 (first means of digital communication).
• Inventor of a multiplexed printing telegraph system.

Honors and awards

• Baud unit was named after him.
• Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy (1901).
• Officer of the Ordre national de la Legion d'honneur (1898).
• Knight's Cross of the Légion d'honneur (1879).
• Gold medal of the Exposition Universelle (1878).