Émile Duployé
French clergyman and shorthand system creator
About Émile Duployé
Lived 1833 – 1912 (aged 78). Émile Duployé was a French pedagogue, theologian and stenographer.
Émile Duployé was a French clergyman, born in 1833 in Liesse-Notre-Dame (Aisne) and died in 1912 in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses (now in Val-de-Marne).
He is the author of the Duployan shorthand technique which was widely used in France in the early twentieth century.
He wrote a series of books on this subject, whose first edition was named Stenography-Duployé, writing easier, faster and more readable than any other, which applies to all languages (published in Lyon in 1860).
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Who was Émile Duployé?
French clergyman and shorthand system creator (1833–1912)
When was Émile Duployé born?
Émile Duployé was born on 10 September 1833 in Liesse-Notre-Dame.
When did Émile Duployé die?
Émile Duployé died on 9 May 1912 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.
What was Émile Duployé's occupation?
Émile Duployé was a pedagogue, theologian and stenographer.
What nationality was Émile Duployé?
Émile Duployé was French.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Émile Duployé. https://biography.guide/emile-duploye/
MLA: "Émile Duployé." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/emile-duploye/.
Chicago: "Émile Duployé." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/emile-duploye/.
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