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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Defining ContributionThe earliest surviving photograph, View from the Window at Le Gras, circa 1826 to 1827 2 Nicephore Niepce
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
2. National Science and Media Museum Official Site
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