Louis Daguerre
Categories: 1787 births | 1851 deaths | French inventors | French photographers | Pioneers of photography | Basque people
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (November 18, 1787 - July 10, 1851) was the French artist and chemist who is recognized for his invention of the Daguerreotype process of photography.
He experimented on making pictures from 1824, showing dioramas around France, England and Scotland. A few years after Nicéphore Niépce produced the world's first photography, the two men started a four-year cooperation - until Niépce's death in 1833.
Daguerre announced the latest perfection of the Daguerreotype, after years of experimentation, in 1839, with the French Academy of Sciences announcing the process on January 9 of that year. Daguerre's patent was acquired by the French Government, and, on August 19, 1839, the French Government announced the invention was a gift "Free to the World." However, Daguerre himself deposed the patent for England on August 12, and this greatly slowed the development of photography in Great Britain.
Daguerre died on July 10, 1851 in Bry-sur-Marne, 12 km from Paris. A fine monument marks his grave there.
Named after Daguerre
- His invention, the daguerreotype
- 3256 Daguerre, a main belt asteroid
- Daguerre crater on the Moon
External link
- The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel by Louis Daguerrebg:Луи Дагер
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