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   William Henry Fox Talbot FRS FRSE FRAS ( / ˈtɔːlbət /; 11 February 1800 – 17 September 1877) was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries.

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   William Henry Fox Talbot, English chemist, linguist, archaeologist, and pioneer photographer. He is best known for his development of the calotype, an early photographic process that was an improvement over the daguerrotype.

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   Learn how Talbot, a polymath and MP, developed the calotype process to create camera pictures in 1840. Explore his experiments with photogenic drawing, salted paper, and light sensitivity.

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6. talbot.bodleian.ox.ac.uk › talbot › biographyWilliam Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) - University of Oxford

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   Learn about the life and achievements of William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), who invented the first photographic process based on light-sensitive paper. Explore his scientific and artistic interests, his family and social connections, and his contributions to the Royal Society and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

7. www.theartstory.org › artist › talbot-william-henry-foxWilliam Henry Fox Talbot Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory

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   Learn about the life and achievements of William Henry Fox Talbot, the English polymath who invented the Calotype process and pioneered photography as an art form. Explore his biography, paintings, quotes, and artistic legacy.

   • Nationality: English
   • Birth Date: February 11, 1800

   • Place Of Birth: Melbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
   • Death Date: September 17, 1877

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8. www.bbc.co.uk › fox_talbot_william_henryBBC - History - William Henry Fox Talbot

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   Learn about the life and achievements of William Henry Fox Talbot, an English MP, scientist, inventor and a pioneer of photography. Discover how he developed the calotype process, the first negative-positive system of photography, and translated the cuneiform inscriptions from Nineveh.

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   Who was William Henry Fox Talbot?

   • Thus, Talbot's search for a photographic process using permanent printer's ink was a final step in the refinement of his earlier, still imperfect, invention". William Henry Fox Talbot was the only child born to William Davenport Talbot of Lacock Abbey, and Lady Elisabeth Fox Strangways, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Ilchester.

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   Was William Henry Fox Talbot a polymath?

   • William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) was a skilled scientist, mathematician, Greek scholar and politician, often rightly described as a polymath. Endearingly, however, he later claimed his most famous invention came about because he was bad at drawing and frustrated by his lack of skill.

   William Henry Fox Talbot – an introduction · V&A

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   What did Fox Talbot do?

   • He called this the 'calotype' and patented the process in 1841. The following year was rewarded with a medal from the Royal Society for his work. Fox Talbot was also an eminent mathematician, an astronomer and archaeologist, who translated the cuneiform inscriptions from Nineveh. He died on 11 September 1877.

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   How did William Henry Fox Talbot trim his photographs?

   • Talbot would often trim his photographs with scissors, perhaps either to crop the image to the bit he wanted, or to hide the torn edges where the paper had been removed from being pasted into the camera by the corners. Cover of The Pencil of Nature, Part 2, by William Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, England.

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    Learn about the polymath who invented the calotype process, the first paper-based photographic print, and published the first book with photographs. Explore his experiments, inventions, photographs and legacy at the Victoria and Albert Museum.