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Also Known As Antoine-Joseph Sax
Born November 6, 1814 • Dinant • Belgium
Died February 7, 1894 (aged 79) • Paris • France

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Sax, lithograph by Auguste Bry after a portrait by Charles Baugniet, 1844
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