Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (b. 1794)
Theobald Böhm (or Boehm) (April 9, 1794 – November 25, 1881) was a German inventor and musician, who perfected the modern Western concert flute and improved its fingering system (now known as the "Boehm system"). He was a Bavarian court musician, a virtuoso flautist and a renowned composer.The fingering system he devised has also been adapted to other instruments, such as the oboe and the clarinet.