Archer, Frederick Scott (1814–1857), inventor of the collodion process in photography, was born in Hertford, Hertfordshire, on 30 August 1814, and baptized at All Saints, Hertford, on 21 April 1822, the second son of Thomas Archer (bap. 1779, d. 1822), a butcher at ...
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Archer, Frederick Scott (1814–1857), inventor of the collodion process in photography
H. T. Wood
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Burchett, George (1872–1953), tattoo artist
Matt Lodder
Burchett, George (1872–1953), tattoo artist, was born George Burchett Davis at 9 Toronto Terrace, Brighton, Sussex, on 23 August 1872, the eldest son in the family of twelve children of George Burchett Davis (1849/50–1923), a journeyman french polisher who became a picture frame maker and later a shopkeeper, antiques dealer, and amateur artist in the ...
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Claudet, Antoine François Jean (1797–1867), photographer and inventor
Larry J. Schaaf
Claudet, Antoine François Jean (1797–1867), photographer and inventor, was born at Château de Rosay, Lyons, France, on 12 August 1797, the son of a gentleman of independent means, who died in 1807. After receiving a sound commercial and classical education, he entered the prestigious banking firm of his uncle and was soon installed as co-director with ...
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Greene, William Friese- (1855–1921), developer of moving pictures and photographer
Peter Carpenter
Greene, William Friese- (1855–1921), developer of moving pictures and photographer, was born as William Edward Green on 7 September 1855 at 68 College Street, Bristol, one of seven children of James Green (b. 1816), a metalworker and goldsmith, and his wife, Elizabeth Sage (...
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Muybridge, Eadweard James [formerly Edward James Muggeridge] (1830–1904), developer of motion photography
Larry J. Schaaf
Muybridge, Eadweard James [formerly Edward James Muggeridge] (1830–1904), developer of motion photography, was born on 9 April 1830 at Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, the second of four sons of John Muggeridge (1797–1843), corn chandler, of Kingston, and his wife, Susannah (1807/8–1874), daughter of the ...
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Ponton, Mungo (1802–1880), inventor of photographic processes and lawyer
R. B. Prosser
revised by A. D. Morrison-Low
Ponton, Mungo (1802–1880), inventor of photographic processes and lawyer, the only son of John Ponton, farmer, and his wife, Isabell née Ponton, was born at Balgreen, near Edinburgh, on 23 November 1802. Educated as a lawyer, he was admitted to the Society of Writers to the Signet...
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Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800–1877), pioneer of photography
Larry J. Schaaf
Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800–1877), pioneer of photography, was born on 11 February 1800 at Melbury, Dorset, the only child of William Davenport Talbot (1764–1800), army officer, of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, and Elisabeth Theresa (1773–1846), eldest child of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, second earl of Ilchester...
