Hebdo Ahram: Adolphe Sax, saxophone inventor, finally gets his due in Belgium
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Adolphe Sax
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 in the 21st century. He played the flute and clarinet.
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science · Belgian musical instrument inventor (1814–1894) · musical instrument maker · inventor · musician · music educator · university teacher · also Adolphe Sax, Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax, Antoine-Joseph Sax, Sax
Born 6 November 1814 · Died 7 February 1894 · Q181995
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2026· 1 entry
2023· 1 entry
ScoopWhoop: The Incredible Story Of Adolphe Sax, The Inventor Of The Saxophone Who Just Wouldn’t Die
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2020· 1 entry
AV Club: Adolphe Sax just couldn’t stop inventing instruments and naming them after himself
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2019· 1 entry
Published “Weight Gain Following Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy: Risk Factors in Randomized Comparative Clinical Trials” in Clinical Infectious Diseases — cited 674 times.
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2018· 1 entry
Published “Taskonomy: Disentangling Task Transfer Learning” in 2018 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition — cited 670 times.
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2015· 5 entries
The Independent: Adolphe Sax: 5 things you need to know about today’s Google Doodle celebrating inventor of the saxophone
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SiliconRepublic: Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, honoured with Google Doodle
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Search Engine Land: Adolphe Sax Google Doodle Commemorates Musician & Instrument Maker On His 201st Birthday
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Time: New Google Doodle Celebrates Saxophone Creator Adolphe Sax's Birthday
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Time: Why Adolphe Sax's Musical Invention Wasn't Taken Seriously
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2014· 1 entry
WOSU Public Media: Adolphe Sax: Inventor of the Saxophone's 200th Birthday
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2007· 3 entries
Published “THE INVASION PARADOX: RECONCILING PATTERN AND PROCESS IN SPECIES INVASIONS” in Ecology — cited 801 times.
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Published “Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography” in Ecology Letters — cited 1,437 times.
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Published “Ecological and evolutionary insights from species invasions” in Trends in Ecology & Evolution — cited 777 times.
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2005· 1 entry
Published “Prevalence and clinical impact of stent fractures after femoropopliteal stenting” in Journal of the American College of Cardiology — cited 797 times.
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2004· 1 entry
Published “Identification of Polymers as Major Components of Atmospheric Organic Aerosols” in Science — cited 909 times.
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2003· 1 entry
Published “Assessing Response Rates and Nonresponse Bias in Web and Paper Surveys” in Research in Higher Education — cited 858 times.
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2002· 1 entry
Jazz: Peter Br: For Adolphe Sax
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1997· 1 entry
Published “Vigorous HIV-1-Specific CD4 <sup>+</sup> T Cell Responses Associated with Control of Viremia” in Science — cited 1,436 times.
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1995· 1 entry
His likeness was featured on the front of Belgium's 200 Belgian francs banknote
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1994· 1 entry
Is a tribute marking the centenary of Adolphe Sax’s death
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1993· 1 entry
Published “Trinucleotide repeat length instability and age of onset in Huntington's disease” in Nature Genetics — cited 874 times.
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1894· 2 entries
Died 1894-02-07.
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Died of pneumonia in Paris, in poverty, and was interred in section 5 (Avenue de Montebello) at the Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris
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1849· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1849).
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1842· 2 entries
But despite his support, saxophones did not become a standard part of the orchestra
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And began working on a new set of valved bugles
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1815· 1 entry
The Sax family moved to Brussels, where he opened a small instrument makers workshop
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1814· 1 entry
Born 1814-11-06.
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