Salluste Duval
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Clarent-Salluste-Hermycle Duval (February 1852 - July 1917) was a Canadian doctor of medicine, inventor, engineer, organist, musician and professor of Mathematics & Mechanics at Laval University and at the École Polytechnique de Montréal. Duval was born in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec and is primarily known for his groundbreaking invention of the modern day organ.
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[edit] Personal life
[edit] Family
Salluste Duval is the son of Louis-Zepirin Duval, the Notary of the Seignuer in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, and nephew to Eleonore Verreai, who was the daughter of another notary; Germain-Alexandre Verreau. Throughout Duval's early life he was inspired by his mother's career as an educator, finding himself interested in science, physics, mechanics, and music. Duval was claimed to be a tinkerer as a child and later became an inventor and engineer.
[edit] Education
Salluste Duval was a respected professor of Mathematics & Mechanics at Laval University and École Polytechnique de Montréal.
[edit] Marital Status
Although Salluste Duval never married, his family was of great importance to him.
[edit] Death
In July of 1917, Salluste Duval died in Montreal at his home on Wolfe Street. Duval was buried in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec
