William Henry Fox Talbot

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William Henry Fox Talbot was a pioneering 19th-century British scientist and inventor best known for developing the calotype process, one of the earliest methods of creating photographic negatives.

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instanceOf British person
person
photography pioneer
scientist
authorOf English Etymologies NERFINISHED
The Pencil of Nature NERFINISHED
awardReceived Fellow of the Royal Society NERFINISHED
birthDate 1800-02-11
birthPlace Melbury, Dorset, England NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1877-09-17
deathPlace Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England NERFINISHED
developed calotype process
salted paper process
educatedAt Harrow School
Trinity College, Cambridge
familyName Talbot NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Assyriology
archaeology
chemistry
optics
photography
firstPublicationOnPhotography 1839
fullName William Henry Fox Talbot NERFINISHED
givenName William
influenced George Eastman NERFINISHED
development of modern photography
paper-based photographic processes
knownFor development of negative-positive photographic process
early paper photography
invention of the calotype process
madeFirstPhotographicExperiments 1834
memberOf Royal Society
nationality British
notableWork The Pencil of Nature NERFINISHED
numberOfChildren 4
occupation Member of Parliament
inventor
photographer
scholar
scientist
parent Lady Elisabeth Fox-Strangways NERFINISHED
William Davenport Talbot NERFINISHED
patentDate 1841
patented calotype process
politicalAffiliation Whig Party NERFINISHED
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Chippenham
residence Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire NERFINISHED
spouse Constance Mundy NERFINISHED

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Royal Photographic Society founder William Henry Fox Talbot