Louis Daguerre

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787 - 1851) was the French artist and chemist who is recognized for his invention of the Daguerreotype process of photography.

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1787 - 1851 - French - Daguerreotype - Photography

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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 4 years cooperation - until Niepce's death in 1833.

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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."

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1839 - French Academy of Sciences - January 9 - Patent

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However, Daguerre himself deposed the patent for England on August 12, and this greatly slowed the development of photography in Great Britain.

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