William Henry Fox Talbot

Background

An English scientist and inventor.

Contribution

Invented the negative–positive photographic process (the calotype), enabling multiple prints from one negative — the basis of film photography.

Associated inventions

• Photography

Collaborators & contemporaries

• Nicéphore Niépce
• Louis Daguerre

Sources & further reading

Each citation names the publisher and the exact reference title.

• Science Museum Group Collection & topic articlesScience Museum Group (UK) · Museum
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art — history of photographyThe Metropolitan Museum of Art · Museum

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