French artist and showman who turned Niepce's experiments into the daguerreotype, the first practical photographic process, announced to the world by the French government in 1839. The finely detailed one-of-a-kind daguerreotype plate made portrait photography a business within a few years.
Facts
Defining ContributionThe daguerreotype, the first practical photographic process, announced 1839 2 Connections
Technologies Developed
Built on the earlier experiments of his partner Nicephore Niepce.
Source National Science and Media Museum Official Site
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, nationality there.
Sources
1. Encyclopedia Britannica
2. National Science and Media Museum Official Site
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