Home Browse Store Help Search Britannica Concise Again Talbot, William Henry Fox Concise Encyclopedia Article Page 1 of 1 William Henry Fox Talbot born Feb. 11, 1800, Melbury Abbas, Dorset, Eng. died Sept. 17, 1877, Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham, Wiltshire English chemist and pioneer photographer. In 1840 he developed the calotype, an early photographic process that improved on the daguerreotype ; it involved the use of a photographic negative from which multiple prints could be made. In 1835 he published his first article documenting a photographic discovery, that of the paper negative. His The Pencil of Nature var mm = [["Jan.","January"],["Feb.","February"],["Mar.","March"],["Apr.","April"],["May","May"],["June","June"],["July","July"],["Aug.","August"],["Sept.","September"],["Oct.","October"],["Nov.","November"],["Dec.","December"]]; To cite this page: MLA style: "Talbot, William Henry Fox." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9380168 APA style: Talbot, William Henry Fox. ( Britannica Concise Encyclopedia . Retrieved http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9380168 | |
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