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Nicephore Niepce

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Photography Pioneer

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French inventor who made the earliest surviving photograph, the View from the Window at Le Gras, a pewter-plate heliograph exposed at his estate around 1826 or 1827. He later partnered with Louis Daguerre, and died before their work became the daguerreotype.

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Birth Year
1765 1
Death Year
1833 1
Nationality
French 1
Defining Contribution
The earliest surviving photograph, View from the Window at Le Gras, circa 1826 to 1827 2
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
2. National Science and Media Museum Official Site
National Science and Media Museum, Science Museum GroupView the Source
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